Words to poem " The poplar stands up tall and straight?

Question

Words to poem " The poplar stands up tall and straight?

Answer 1

A Poplar and the Moon

by Siegfried Sassoon (1886 ­1967).

THERE stood a Poplar, tall and straight;  

The fair, round Moon, uprisen late,  

Made the long shadow on the grass  

A ghostly bridge ¹twixt heaven and me.  

But May, with slumbrous nights, must pass;  

And blustering winds will strip the tree.  

And I¹ve no magic to express  

The moment of that loveliness;  

So from these words you¹ll never guess  

The stars and lilies I could see.