Nursery Nocturne (verse)

...10 THE COMMONWEAL November 10, 1926 Nursery Nocturne The stars have netted the sea tonight, The lights in the harbor wobble, Wouldn't it be a great delight To row in the new moon coble To the Lullay Islands: just we two And all night long we'd fish With a comet for bait and a line night-blue For a slippery, silvery wish: We'd take it to folk who seldom have caught A silvery wish or a golden thought...

...Dorothy Una Ratcliffe...