Moon Proverbs & Quotes

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"No moon, no man"

'Tis one of the truest sayings ever spit out.
The boy never comes to anything
that's born at new moon. (1878)

English Folklore:

In Cornwall, when a child is born in the
interval between an old moon
and the first apearance of a new one;
it is said that it will never live
to reach the age of puberty.
Hence the saying 'No moon, no man'.

New Moon
New Moon
Parrish, Maxfield
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Goddess of the Moon
Goddess of the Moon
Gamboa, Consuelo
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You meaner beauties of the night,
That poorly satisfy our eyes,
More by your number, than your light;
What are you when the moon shall rise?

(Sir Henry Wotton, 1568-1639)
On his Mistress, the Queen of Bohemia

The moon is nothing
But a circumambulating aphrodesiac
Divinely subsidized to provoke the world
Into a rising birth-rate.

Christopher Fry (* 1907)

Luna
Luna
Oleg
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Deserted Streets Along a Quay at Dawn
Deserted Streets Along a Quay at Dawn
Cummins, Richard
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The moon on the one hand, the dawn on the other:
The moon is my sister, the dawn is my brother.
The moon on my left and the dawn on my right.
My brother, good morning: my sister, good night.

(Hilaire Belloc 1870-1953)
The Early Morning

who knows if the moon's
a balloon, coming out of a keen city
in the sky- filled with pretty people?

(e e cummings 1894-1962)
pity this busy monster, manunkind

Moon over Vancouver Skyline
Moon over Vancouver Skyline
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Moon Over Snow-Covered Trees
Moon Over Snow-Covered Trees
Kassab, Cindy
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Slowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon.

(Walter De La Mare 1873-1956)
Silver

From the Ballad Sir Patrick Spens

I saw the new moon late yestreen
Wi' the auld moon in her arm;
And if we gang to sea master,
I fear we'll come to harm.

Weary Moon
Weary Moon
Hughes, Edward Robert
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