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Moonlight3 quotes
The stars about the lovely moon hide their shining forms when it lights up the earth at its fullest. — Sappho · 570 BCNow glowed the firmament
With living sapphires: Hesperus that led
The starry Host, rode brightest, till the Moon
Rising in clouded Majesty, at length
Apparent Queen unveiled her peerless light,
And o'er the dark her Silver Mantle threw. — John Milton · 1667Day her sultry fires had wasted. Calm and sweet the moonlight rose. — Thomas Campbell · 1800The moon2 quotes
The stars about the lovely moon hide their shining forms when it lights up the earth at its fullest. — Sappho · 570 BCNow glowed the firmament
With living sapphires: Hesperus that led
The starry Host, rode brightest, till the Moon
Rising in clouded Majesty, at length
Apparent Queen unveiled her peerless light,
And o'er the dark her Silver Mantle threw. — John Milton · 1667Dusk1 quote
Day her sultry fires had wasted. Calm and sweet the moonlight rose. — Thomas Campbell · 1800The night sky1 quote
Now glowed the firmament
With living sapphires: Hesperus that led
The starry Host, rode brightest, till the Moon
Rising in clouded Majesty, at length
Apparent Queen unveiled her peerless light,
And o'er the dark her Silver Mantle threw. — John Milton · 1667