The New Moon
20/04/08
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The New Moon
Dear mother, how pretty
The moon looks tonight!
She was never so cunning before;
Her two little horns
Are so sharp and bright,
I hope she’ll not grow any more.
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If I were up there,
With you and my friends,
I’d rock in it nicely, you’d see;
I’d sit in the middle
And hold by both ends.
Oh, what a bright cradle it would be!
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I would call to the stars
To keep out of the way,
Lest we should rock over their toes;
And then I would rock
Till the dawn of the day,
And see where the pretty moon goes.
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And there we would stay
In the beautiful skies,
All through the bright clouds we would roam;
We would see the sun set,
And see the sun rise,
And on the next rainbow come home
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Eliza L. Follen