Nature

Tis moonlight, summer moonlight

by Emily Brontë 1818–1848

From Complete Poems (1910)

Nature

'Tis moonlight, summer moonlight,
All soft, and still, and fair;
The silent time of midnight
Shines sweetly everywhere.

But most where trees are sending
Their breezy boughs on high,
Or stooping low are lending
A shelter from the sky.

And there in those wild bowers
A lovely form is laid,
Green grass and dew-steeped flowers
Wave gently round her head.

MLA

Brontë, Emily. “Tis moonlight, summer moonlight.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bronte/114/.

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Brontë, Emily. “Tis moonlight, summer moonlight.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bronte/114/.

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