Living
What Was the Moon A-Spying?
From Rhymes and Jingles (1875)
Living
What was the moon a-spying
Out of her half-shut eye?
One of her stars went flying
Across the broad blue sky.
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MLA
Dodge, Mary Mapes. “What Was the Moon A-Spying?” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/193/.
Chicago
Dodge, Mary Mapes. “What Was the Moon A-Spying?” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/193/.
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