Poem by Christopher Morley

Full Moon

The moon is but a silver watch
    To tell the time of night;
If you should wake, and wish to know
    The hour, don't strike a light.

Just draw the blind, and closely scan
    Her dial in the blue:
If it is round and bright, there is
    A deal more sleep for you.

She runs without an error,
    Not too slow nor too quick,
And better than alarum clocks—
    She doesn't have to tick! 

1. Reading Aloud
2. The Young Mother
3. Secret Laughter
4. The Wakeful Husband
5. Bayberry Candles

Elinor Wylie Full Moon ("My bands of silk and miniver")

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