Sun and moon

A. Bliss

I saw a strange creature,

A bright ship of the air beautifully adorned,

Bearing away plunder beneath her horns,

Fetching it home from foray.

She was minded to build a bower in her stronghold,

And construct it with cunning if she could do so.

But then a mighty creature appeared over the mountain

Whose face is familiar to all dwellers on earth;

He seized on his treasure and sent home the wanderer

Much against her will; she went westward

Harbouring hostility, hastening forth.

Dust lifted to heaven, dew fell on the earth,

Night fled hence; and no man knew

Thereafter where the strange creature had gone.

And the answer: Sun and Moon.