{"id":461,"date":"2010-05-15T00:20:29","date_gmt":"2010-05-15T00:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=461"},"modified":"2017-07-11T05:16:38","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T05:16:38","slug":"on-the-river-by-william-vaughn-moody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/on-the-river-by-william-vaughn-moody\/","title":{"rendered":"ON THE RIVER by William Vaughn Moody"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/h1>\n

ON THE RIVER<\/h1>\n

by William Vaughn Moody<\/em><\/p>\n

The faint stars wake and wonder,
\nFade and find heart anew;
\nAbove us and far under
\nSphereth the watchful blue.<\/p>\n

Silent she sits, outbending,
\nA wild pathetic grace,
\nA beauty strange, heart-rending,
\nUpon her hair and face.<\/p>\n

O spirit cries that sever
\nThe cricket’s level drone!
\nO to give o’er endeavor
\nAnd let love have its own!<\/p>\n

Within the mirrored bushes
\nThere wakes a little stir;
\nThe white-throat moves, and hushes
\nHer nestlings under her.<\/p>\n

Beneath, the lustrous river,
\nThe watchful sky o’erhead.
\nGod, God, that Thou should’st ever
\nPoison thy children’s bread!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ON THE RIVER by William Vaughn Moody The faint stars wake and wonder, Fade and find heart anew; Above us and far under Sphereth the watchful blue. Silent she sits, outbending, A wild pathetic grace, A beauty strange, heart-rending, Upon her hair and face. O spirit cries that sever The cricket’s level drone! O to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,408],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1900s","category-nature-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t