The Moon
O, look at the moon!She is shining up there;O mother, she looksLike a lamp in the air.Last week she was smaller,And shaped like a bow;But now she’s grown bigger,And round as an O.Pretty moon, pretty moon,How you shine on the door,And make it all brightOn my nursery floor!You shine on my playthings,And show me their place,And I love to look upAt your pretty bright face.And there is a starClose by you, and maybeThat small twinkling starIs your little baby.
O, look at the moon!She is shining up there;O mother, she looksLike a lamp in the air.Last week she was smaller,And shaped like a bow;But now she’s grown bigger,And round as an O.Pretty moon, pretty moon,How you shine on the door,And make it all brightOn my nursery floor!You shine on my playthings,And show me their place,And I love to look upAt your pretty bright face.And there is a starClose by you, and maybeThat small twinkling starIs your little baby.
O, look at the moon!She is shining up there;O mother, she looksLike a lamp in the air.
O, look at the moon!
She is shining up there;
O mother, she looks
Like a lamp in the air.
Last week she was smaller,And shaped like a bow;But now she’s grown bigger,And round as an O.
Last week she was smaller,
And shaped like a bow;
But now she’s grown bigger,
And round as an O.
Pretty moon, pretty moon,How you shine on the door,And make it all brightOn my nursery floor!
Pretty moon, pretty moon,
How you shine on the door,
And make it all bright
On my nursery floor!
You shine on my playthings,And show me their place,And I love to look upAt your pretty bright face.
You shine on my playthings,
And show me their place,
And I love to look up
At your pretty bright face.
And there is a starClose by you, and maybeThat small twinkling starIs your little baby.
And there is a star
Close by you, and maybe
That small twinkling star
Is your little baby.
Eliza Lee Follen.