Moonlight

However beautiful the moon may be
Shining eternal silver in the sky
I know it must appear more beautifully
Wherever you are watching it. And why?
Because the moon, astronomers declare,
Does not originate the light it shines,
But sparkles through the cold and empty air
Reflected sunlight that it realigns.
If this is so--as I have learned, and trust--
Then I am sure, wherever you may sit,
The moonlight that they see there surely must
Be brighter by the gleam you give to it
For when I see you in the night, you glow
More beautiful than any moon I know.