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Twenty five Chinese poems - Autumn - Moonrise
Identifier
012700
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
MOONRISE
Where woody hill and river met
I wandered so content of heart,
So happy with the twilight peace,
I did not know the sun had set;
But everywhere the men depart,
The voices that were talking cease:
And in the after-hush I hear
The murmurings of the water near
Becoming strangely loud and clear.
Although the moon is hidden still
She must be mounting up, I think,
Above the tree-tops where the hill
Droops to the water's brink.
And even while I wait, behold!
In all the softly-shaken trees
The sapphire-dark interstices
Are dimmed with pallid gold;
And now, ah now in upward flight
Above the hill the waves of light,
The tender rippling moonlight waves,
Foam on the shores of night !
The source of the experience
Twenty five Chinese poemsConcepts, symbols and science items
Concepts
Symbols
Science Items
Activities and commonsteps
Activities
Suppressions
Beauty, art and musicCommuning with nature
Reducing desires
Reducing opportunities
Reducing threats
Relaxation