Living

At the Window

by Mary Mapes Dodge 1831–1905

From Rhymes and Jingles (1875)

Living

In and out, in and out,
Through the clouds heaped about,
Wanders the bright moon.

What she seeks, I do not know;
Where it is, I cannot show.

I am but a little child,
And the night is strange and wild.

In and out, in and out,
Wanders the bright moon;
In and out, in and out,
She will find it soon.

There she comes! as clear as day,--
Now the clouds are going away.
She is smiling, I can see,
And she's looking straight at me.

Pretty moon, so bright and round,
Won't you tell me what you found?

MLA

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “At the Window.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/156/.

Chicago

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “At the Window.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/156/.

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