Thomas Bailey Aldrich

1836-1907

 

Moonrise At Sea

by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Up from the dark the moon begins to creep;
And now a pallid, haggard face lifts she
Above the water-line: thus from the deep
A drowned body rises solemnly.

Source:

Flower And Thorn: Later Poems
Copyright 1876
James R. Osgood And Company, Boston