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

At the instant the huge doors unfolded, the horned moon appeared between the opening clouds, and shining through the grand window in the distance.

From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Cottle, Joseph

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

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

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