Silver Dusk

The shore shone in the silver dusk;
The stars glinted in the night
With faint twisting sparks of light.
The sand sparkled like stardust
Shaken from the heaven-tree-
And the moon came out of the sea.

The waves came in like horses;
The shore was scattered with the shells
That tremble in the light like bells.
The foam was flung up its courses
Like words from poets flowing free-
And the moon came out of the sea.

The constellations wheeled above;
The night whispered and lulled to sleep
The restless motions of the deep.
A wind like a sigh of love
Went along the shore towards thee-
And the moon came out of the sea.