The sky Scorched by the sun, Weeps Fecund tears.

James Clavell
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“The skyScorched by the sun,WeepsFecund tears.” is a poem written by John Milton. The poem describes how the moon heaves and cries with the suns heat. The narrator says that the moon weeps because the sun scorches her. By comparison, the moon is like a mother who is deeply in love with her children and mourns when they go out to play in the sun and she cannot follow them.

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