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
I could see no cloud, and there before me, dropping to the horizon, glistened the horned moon.
From The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft by Gissing, George
The evening was most beautiful; the horned moon hung in the light of sunset that threw a glow of unusual depth of redness above the piny mountains and the dark deep valleys which they included.
From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) by Marshall, Florence A. Thomas
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
Forward in the bows, the Scotch engineer and the Indian pilot sat conversing in deliberate monosyllables, and in the east a horned moon floated just clear of the ragged tops of encircling pine trees.
From The Rapids by Sullivan, Alan
