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      THE MOON GODDESS
       
       
      Full Moon
       
      "Raised are the arms
      Of the forest host
      In silent adoration
      As Thy breath wakes
      The sleeping wave to laughter.
      The ocean Thy dark glass,
      That Thou to mankind
      May'st descend -
      Thy stream of silver
      Our hearts' cascade of love.
       
      Stretch forth Thy dancing spears
      Our thoughts to entrance
      With blessed peace,
      That Thy silent voice be heard
      Within our souls' deep-hidden vales."
       
       
      Dark Moon
       
      "Dark Lady,
      As the ebbing wave doth gift
      The treasures of the deep
      To the seeker on the shore,
      Do Thou in Thy waning
      Bestow the understanding of the wise.
       
      Though Thy brightness fades,
      The dark vault of Thy Castle
      Becomes e'en richer
      In th'enchantment and mystery
      That was ere Gwydyon saw His birth.
       
      Grant us but one drop
      Of Thy cauldron's secret draught
      That our inner eyes
      Again may see."
       
       
      Copyright © Gareth Pengwerin 1969
       
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