The cruel Moon hangs out of reach <br />Up above the shadowy beech. <br />Her face is stupid, but her eye <br />Is small and sharp and very sly. <br />Nurse says the Moon can drive you mad? <br />No, that’s a silly story, lad! <br />Though she be angry, though she would <br />Destroy all England if she could, <br />Yet think, what damage can she do <br />Hanging there so far from you? <br />Don’t heed what frightened nurses say: <br />Moons hang much too far away.<br /><br />Robert Graves<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-cruel-moon/
