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Pallidly the moon was shining On the dewy meadows nigh; On the silvery, silent rivers, On the mountains far and high On the ocean's star-lit waters, Where the winds a-weary die.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 by Poe, Edgar Allan

Pallidly the moon was shining On the dewy meadows nigh; On the silvery, silent rivers, On the mountains far and high,— On the ocean's star-lit waters, Where the winds a-weary die.

From Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works by Poe, Edgar Allan

Pallidly the moon slides down, Hour by hour slips; Ah, the deathless magic of Your lips!

From Cross Roads by Sangster, Margaret E. (Margaret Elizabeth)

I view the evening bonfires of the sun    On hills where morning rains have hissed;    The eyeless countenance of the mist Pallidly rising when the summer droughts are done.

From Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Hardy, Thomas

Through dim cloud-vistas looking, I can see The new moon's crescent sailing Pallidly: And one star coldly shining Upon my misery.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles