The poem expresses the speaker's longing to know if those he loves gaze upon the moon as it rises serenely over the calm bay. He wonders if the moon provides a peaceful resting place for departed spirits, as no home could be fairer than within its bright, luminous sphere.
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The poem expresses the speaker's longing to know if those he loves gaze upon the moon as it rises serenely over the calm bay. He wonders if the moon provides a peaceful resting place for departed spirits, as no home could be fairer than within its bright, luminous sphere.
The poem expresses the speaker's longing to know if those he loves gaze upon the moon as it rises serenely over the calm bay. He wonders if the moon provides a peaceful resting place for departed spirits, as no home could be fairer than within its bright, luminous sphere.
The poem expresses the speaker's longing to know if those he loves gaze upon the moon as it rises serenely over the calm bay. He wonders if the moon provides a peaceful resting place for departed spirits, as no home could be fairer than within its bright, luminous sphere.
Falls trembling on the distant bay, O'er which the breezes sigh no more, Nor billows lash the sounding shore. Say, do the eyes of those I love, Behold thee as thou soar'st above, Lonely, majestic and serene, The calm and placid evening's Queen? Say, if upon thy peaceful breast, Departed spirits find their rest, For who would wish a fairer home, Than in that bright, refulgent dome?
The Complete Poetical Works of Oscar Wilde: 120+ Poems, Ballads, Sonnets & Other Verses: The Ballad Of Reading Gaol, The Sphinx, Ravenna, Canzonet, Chanson, Helas, Charmides, Ave Imperatrix, E Tenebris, Phedre…