Is the moon tired? she looks so pale
Within her misty veil:
She scales the sky from east to west,
And takes no rest.

Before the coming of the night
The moon shows papery white;
Before the dawning of the day
She fades away.

(C) Christina Rossetti
01/01/2000


Best Poems of Christina Rossetti

• Looking Forward
• Our Mothers
• My Dream
• Have You Forgotten?
• Eve
• Piteous My Rhyme
• Diamond Or Coal
• Jessie Cameron
• Months
• Rest
• Confluents
• Dream-land
• Riddle
• If Hope
• A Helpmeet For Him
• Is The Moon Tired?
• Hope
• Pastime
• A White Hen
• I Planted A Hand
• Remember