REH’s Writings

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Moon Mockery

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I walked in Tara’s Wood one summer night,And saw, amid the still, star-haunted skies,A slender moon in silver mist arise,And hover on the hill as if in fright.

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Finished / professionalMoon Mockery

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the moon-mockerspeaker transported a century by seizing the moon’s veil1 textual state the veiled Moonfemale-personified moon seized by the speaker1 textual state