Nature

Across the Fog the Moon Lies Fair

by Charles G. D. Roberts 1860–1943

From Songs of the Common Day (1893)

Nature

Across the fog the moon lies fair.
Transfused with ghostly amethyst,
O white Night, charm to wonderment
The cattle in the mist!

Thy touch, O grave Mysteriarch,
Makes dull, familiar things divine.
O grant of thy revealing gift
Be some small portion mine!

Make thou my vision sane and clear,
That I may see what beauty clings
In common forms, and find the soul
Of unregarded things!

MLA

Roberts, Charles G. D. “Across the Fog the Moon Lies Fair.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/roberts_cgd/15/.

Chicago

Roberts, Charles G. D. “Across the Fog the Moon Lies Fair.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/roberts_cgd/15/.

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