"Such a slender moon, going up and up, Waxing so fast from night to night, And swelling like an orange flower-bud, bright, Fated, methought, to round as to a golden cup, And hold to my two lips life's best of wine."

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Source : Jean Ingelow (1874). “The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow”, p.131

Jean Ingelow

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