90. Under the Harvest Moon. Sandburg, Carl. 1916. Chicago Poems

Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Chicago Poems. 1916.

90. Under the Harvest Moon


UNDER the harvest moon,
When the soft silver
Drips shimmering
Over the garden nights,
Death, the gray mocker,	5
Comes and whispers to you
As a beautiful friend
Who remembers.

Under the summer roses
When the flagrant crimson	10
Lurks in the dusk
Of the wild red leaves,
Love, with little hands,
Comes and touches you
With a thousand memories,	15
And asks you
Beautiful, unanswerable questions.