Lunar Lore
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When Luna first her scattered fear recalls,
If with blunt horns she holds the dusky air,
Seamen and swains predict abundant showers.
– Virgil, “Georgics.”
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If with blunt horns she holds the dusky air,
Seamen and swains predict abundant showers.
– Virgil, “Georgics.”
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The moon had set. There was not any light,
Save of the lonely legion’d watch-stars pale
In outer air, and what by fits made bright
Hot oleanders in a rosy vale…
Save of the lonely legion’d watch-stars pale
In outer air, and what by fits made bright
Hot oleanders in a rosy vale…
– Bulwer Lytton, “A Night in Italy.”
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Soon as the evening shades prevail,
The moon takes up the wondrous tale,
And nightly to the listening earth,
Repeats the story of her birth.
– Addison, “Spectator”. No. 465. “Ode.” St. 2
The moon takes up the wondrous tale,
And nightly to the listening earth,
Repeats the story of her birth.
– Addison, “Spectator”. No. 465. “Ode.” St. 2
The folk of that country begin all their things in the new moon,
and they worship much the moon and the sun and often-time kneel
against them.
and they worship much the moon and the sun and often-time kneel
against them.
– “The Travels of Sir John Mandeville” (ca. 1500).
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