Fragment: To the Moon
Bright wanderer, fair coquette of Heaven, To whom alone it has been given To change and be adored for ever, Envy not this dim world, for never But once within its shadow grew One fair as--
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Bright wanderer, fair coquette of Heaven, To whom alone it has been given To change and be adored for ever, Envy not this dim world, for never But once within its shadow grew One fair as--
Shelley speaks directly to the moon, painting it as a brilliant flirt, a "fair coquette" forever wandering the sky. It alone can constantly shift its face yet remain universally loved.
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