horned moon

Example Sentences

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And I saw the Virgin draped in the gown of night standing on the bright, horned moon of autumn, and she was in mourning for the fourth son.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

Many stars were burning in the deep-blue heavens, and the horned moon, golden and luminous, hung low down in the west.

From The New Tenant by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

Lo! the horned moon shines pale over Margate, and the red beacon is gleaming from distant Ramsgate pier.

From Little Travels and Roadside Sketches by Thackeray, William Makepeace

It was only about half-past four; the stars were shining, and there was a thin, horned moon hanging in the east, its radiant rim turned towards the spot where the day would break.

From A harum-scarum schoolgirl by Campbell, John

When heaven shall cease to move on both the poles, And when the ground, whereon my soldiers march, Shall rise aloft and touch the horned moon; And not before, my sweet Zenocrate.

From Tamburlaine the Great — Part 2 by Marlowe, Christopher