Lunar Lore
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If the moon is on its back in the third quarter,
it is a sign of rain.
– Collected in R. Inwards, “Weather Lore”.
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it is a sign of rain.
– Collected in R. Inwards, “Weather Lore”.
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Ah, Moon of my Delight who know’st no wane
The Moon of Heav’n is rising once again:
How oft hereafter rising shall she look;
Through this same Garden after me – in vain!
The Moon of Heav’n is rising once again:
How oft hereafter rising shall she look;
Through this same Garden after me – in vain!
– Edward Fitzgerald, “The Rubà’iyàt of Omar Khayyàm.”