horned moon

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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

Here, where on golden throne the monarch lolled, Glides, spectre-like, unto his marble home, Lit by the wanlight—wan light of the horned moon, The swift and silent lizard of the stones!

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 by Poe, Edgar Allan

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

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

The horned moon rose higher over the drear sea of peaks.

From Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt by Mitford, Bertram