Moons

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Moons

(The Pacific Ocean is Supposed to Fill the Chasm Made in the Earth When the Moon Was Flung Off)

ÆONS ago, when Earth was still a star,
From his hot heart he tore the Moon away,
And flung her forth to crumble and decay
In deserts where no green oases are,--
Æons ago, but still remains the scar,
Filled with a briny ocean purple-grey;
And still the Moon's caprice the tides can sway,
And still she shines upon him from afar.

Ev'n so thine anger flung me into space,
And in the planet of thy mighty heart
Made a cold chasm for a briny sea;
Ev'n so thy tides still move in my embrace,
And tho' we are a million miles apart,
Ev'n so I still reflect the sun to thee.

Title: Moons
Identifier: greatwar_macfie108

Item sets: War: an Ode And Other Poems

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