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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.
 The moon, the moon, so silver and cold,
 Her fickle temper has oft been told,
  Now shade--now read more 
 The moon, the moon, so silver and cold,
 Her fickle temper has oft been told,
  Now shade--now bright and sunny--
   But of all the lunar things that change,
    The one that shows most fickle and strange,
     And takes the most eccentric range,
      Is the moon--so called--of honey! 
And hail their queen, fair regent of the night.
And hail their queen, fair regent of the night.
Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are foosteps on the moon.
Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are foosteps on the moon.
 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! 
 On the road, the lonely road,
 Under the cold, white moon;
  Under the rugged trees he strode,
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 On the road, the lonely road,
 Under the cold, white moon;
  Under the rugged trees he strode,
   Whistled and shifted his heavy load--
    Whistled a foolish tune. 
 Lend me thy pen
 To write a word
  In the moonlight.
   Pierrot, my friend!
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 Lend me thy pen
 To write a word
  In the moonlight.
   Pierrot, my friend!
    My candle's out,
     I've no more fire;--
      For love of God
       Open thy door!
        [Fr., Au clair de la lune
         Mon ami Pierrot,
          Prete moi ta plume
           Pour ecrire un mot;
            Ma chandelle est morte,
             Je n'ai plus de feu,
              Ouvre moi ta porte,
               Pour l'amour de Dieu.] 
 Into the sunset's turquoise marge
 The moon dips, like a pearly barge;
  Enchantment sails through magic seas,
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 Into the sunset's turquoise marge
 The moon dips, like a pearly barge;
  Enchantment sails through magic seas,
   To fairland Hesperides,
    Over the hills and away. 
 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.