The silver moon rises
High and wide and round
Above the crested heads of my mountains
She casts her loving eyes
Carelessly
Across the twinkling stars
Irrelevant to her
She watches her mountains
They matter to her
The generations of tall, straight trees
As old as they are proud
The wild and cunning wolves
That howl homage to her light
And all the young, eager lovers
Who come to pass the warm, soft night
Beneath her silver light.
Hail the Moon
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