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THE HARVEST MOON - ZaunköniG - 31.12.2010
THE HARVEST MOON.
How peacefully the broad and golden moon
Comes up to gaze upon the reaper's toil !
That they who own the land for many a mile,
May bless her beams, and they who take the boon
Of scatter'd ears ; Oh ! beautiful ! how soon
The dusk is turn'd to silver without soil.
Which makes the fair sheaves fairer than at noon,
And guides the gleaner to his slender spoil ;
So, to our souls, the Lord of love and might
Sends harvest-hours, when daylight disappears ;
When age and sorrow, like a coming night.
Darken our field of work with doubts and fears,
He times the presence of His heavenly light
To rise up softly o'er our silver hairs.