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Robert Graves: The Cruel Moon

The Cruel MoonThe cruel Moon hangs out of reach Up above the shadowy beech. Her face is stupid, but her eye Is small and sharp and very sly. Nurse says the Moon can drive you mad? No, that's…

Sara Teasdale: The New Moon

The New MoonDay, you have bruised and beaten me, As rain beats down the bright, proud sea, Beaten my body, bruised my soul, Left me nothing lovely or whole — Yet I have wrested a gift from…

Amy Lowell: The Crescent Moon

The Crescent MoonSlipping softly through the sky Little horned, happy moon, Can you hear me up so high? Will you come down soon?On my nursery window-sill Will you stay your steady flight?…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Moon

by EmilyDickinsonXXThe BatThe Moon The Moon The moon was but a chin of gold A night or two ago, And now she turns her perfect face Upon the world below. Her forehead is of amplest…

<i>New Moon</i> Trivia

Learn about the symbolism, origin of names, and other interesting tidbits about New Moon Related Links Twilight Page Twilight Quiz Biography of…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: To the Moon

by Percy Bysshe Shelley The Waning MoonDeathTo the Moon Published (1) by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824, (2) by W.M. Rossetti, "Complete Poetical Works", 1870. 1. Art thou pale…

Brewer's: Cast beyond the Moon

To form wild conjectures. One of Heywood's proverbs. At one time the moon was supposed to influence the weather, to affect the ingathering of fruits, to rule the time of sowing, reaping,…

Brewer's: Old Man of the Moon

(The). The Chinese deity who links in wedlock predestined couples. (See Man In The Moon.) “The Chinese have a firm belief in marriages being made in heaven. A certain deity, whom they call…

Brewer's: Midsummer-Moon Madness

'Tis Midsummer-moon with you. You are stark mad. Madness is supposed to be affected by the moon, and to be aggravated by summer heat; so it naturally follows that the full moon at…

Child Birth and Full Moons

The Question: Is there any correlation between full moons and child birth? The Answer: For years people have tried to blame the full moon for increasing just…