"Moonstruck"
Cold shone the moon, with noise
The night went by.
Trees uttered things of woe:
Bent grass dared not grow:
Ah, desperate man with haggard eyes
And hands that fence away the skies,
On rock and briar stumbling,
[ . . . ]
Richard Hughes' poem "Moonstruck" was published in Georgian Poetry, 1920-1922. To read this poem in full in a digitized version of this publication, follow the link(s) below: