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Reach for the moon, because if you don't make it you'll land among the stars.
Reach for the moon, because if you don't make it you'll land among the stars.
 How like a queen comes forth the lonely Moon
 From the slow opening curtains of the clouds
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 How like a queen comes forth the lonely Moon
 From the slow opening curtains of the clouds
  Walking in beauty to her midnight throne! 
 Such a slender moon, going up and up,
 Waxing so fast from night to night,
  And swelling read more 
 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. 
And hail their queen, fair regent of the night.
And hail their queen, fair regent of the night.
 The moon pull'd off her veil of light,
 That hides her face by day from sight
  (Mysterious read more 
 The moon pull'd off her veil of light,
 That hides her face by day from sight
  (Mysterious veil, of brightness made,)
   That's both her lustre and her shade),
    And in the lantern of the night,
     With shining horns hung out her light. 
The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.
The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.
 He made an instrument to know
 If the moon shine at full or no;
  That would, as read more 
 He made an instrument to know
 If the moon shine at full or no;
  That would, as soon as e'er she shone straight,
   Whether 'twere day or night demonstrate;
    Tell what her d'ameter to an inch is,
     And prove that she's not made of green cheese. 
Now Cynthia, named fair regent of the night.
Now Cynthia, named fair regent of the night.