The Moon Shone Down On Fair Eliza's Face

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Title:     The Moon Shone Down On Fair Eliza's Face
Author: Charles Sangster [More Titles by Sangster]

The moon shone down on fair Eliza's face,
And made it beautiful. No fitter place
Could she have chosen for her gracious smile;
For as she sat there in the languid light,
Methought I'd found a soul as free from guile
As ever came from God. Oh, favored Night!
Oh, mild, impassioned moon and starry spheres!
To gaze upon her through the silent years
Without rebuke. But I have looked within,
And found the truest beauty; have laid bare
A spiritual excellence as rare
As ever mortal being hoped to win.
Heart, mind, and soul, I analysed them all,
And saw where heaven kept divinest carnival.

[The end]
Charles Sangster's poem: Moon Shone Down On Fair Eliza's Face

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