THE sun was gone, and the moon was coming
Over the blue Connecticut hills;
The west was rosy, the east was flushed,
And over my head the swallows rushed
This way and that, with changeful wills.
I heard them twitter and watched them dart
Now together and now apart
Like dark petals blown from a tree;
The maples stamped against the west
Were black and stately and full of rest,
And the hazy orange moon grew up
And slowly changed to yellow gold
While the hills were darkened, fold on fold
To a deeper blue than a flower could hold.
Down the hill I went, and then
I forgot the ways of men,
For night-scents, heady, and damp and cool
Wakened ecstasy in me
On the brink of a shining pool.
O Beauty, out of many a cup
You have made me drunk and wild
Ever since I was a child,
But when have I been sure as now
That no bitterness can bend
And no sorrow wholly bow
One who loves you to the end?
And though I must give my breath
And my laughter all to death,
And my eyes through which joy came,
And my heart, a wavering flame;
If all must leave me and go back
Along a blind and fearful track
So that you can make anew,
Fusing with intenser fire,
Something nearer your desire;
If my soul must go alone
Through a cold infinity,
Or even if it vanish, too,
Beauty, I have worshipped you.
Let this single hour atone
For the theft of all of me.

-SARA TEASDALE

"August Moonrise"

I find these things usually ramble on and sound like a personal add in a dating column so i'll try and keep it short and sweet.

Firstly, im Dasha (Hi by the way!) i live in Australia and i love to read and write. I've never posted anything i've written before so this is a first for me. I'm currently writing a Sam and bella fic (Twilight) and everyones been great with their feedback and encouragement so far. I want to post some other sories but i just havent had the time. I have to warn you that i do take a while between updates, but i get there eventually!

So im a huge Harry Potter fan, and i love twilight. I adore anything by Holly Black- i have my fingers crossed for a third Kaye/Roiben story. Aside from that i enjoy the Vampire Academy series,Rochelle Mead (please forgive my spelling error with her name, i've gone blank) and the pellinor series by Allison Croggon. My favourite book is The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons and i'm also a big fan of Belinda Alexander.

Pairings i love:

Twilight

Bella/Sam

Bella/Carlisle

(By the way Im on Team Edward)

Harry Potter

Ginny/Draco

Lilly/james

Lilly/Snape

Anyways, thanks for reading

Dasha xx