Donnybrook

Donnybrook by James Stephens
I saw the moon, so broad and bright,
Sailing high on a frosty night!
And the air shone silvery between
The pearly queen and the silver queen!
And here a white, and there a white
Cloud mist swam in a mist of light!
And, all encrusted in the sky,
High, and higher, and yet more high,
Was gold and gold that glimmered through

The hollow vault, the vault blue:
And then I knew - that God was good,
And the world was fair! And where I stood,
I bent the knee, and bent the head;
And said my prayers and went to bed.
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