[ilds] What would you have me write?

[william godshalk]

At 06:53 PM 5/6/2008, you wrote:
>           Lost, you may not smile upon me now:
>2          You, nor that grey-eyed counterpart of you
>3          Inhabiting the sunlight in still places:
>4          Substant always in the netted moonshine.

In explicating a poem, it's always good to begin at the beginning. 
"Lost." Is the speaker lost, or is the person addressed lost?

Why "grey-eyed"? With Homer in mind, I think that "you" is a goddess, 
perhaps grey-eyed Athena? And the goddess has two aspects -- one for 
the light, and one for the night.

After a look at the OED, I suggest that "Substant" may mean 
"existing." It's not a very popular word. Why is "she" always 
existing in the "netted moonshine"?

What is imaged in "netted moonshine"?
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