H L V Derozio's poem, A Walk by Moonlight' describes the stages of awakening of the senses as a casual walk with friends gives him an experience in which he becomes enriched as his deeper senses are stirred and it turns into something more than just an appreciation of a moon light walk. Where he becomes philosophical and begins to search for life's meaning in everything around him at that moment as he progresses on a note of introspection and reflection.
The poem begins with the poet recollecting how the previous night was "a lovely night" in which he "was very blest", making it so special, so much so that it would be in his "memory a happy spot to rest" as he would forever retain it in his mind and cherish it. He then goes on talk of how memory holds on to lovely moments and can be a valuable faculty ("there are in the backward past soft hours to which we turn"). These "hours which at a distance, mildly shine", moments which as time passes may dim but will always "shine on but......
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