189 (on his engagement)
(I am) over the moon ... We are both over the moon, and will be even more so when this is over.
Borland Hal
Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night.
Brinkley David
This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it.
Byron Lord 1788-1824
‘So, we'll go no more a-roving'
So, we'll go no more a-roving
So late into the night,
Though the heart be still as loving,
And the moon be still as bright.
Goldberg Justice Arthur 1908-1990
I am surprised nothing has been made of the fact that astronaut Neil
Armstrong carried no sidearms when he landed on the moon.
Jerrold Douglas 1803-1857
A Conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon, out of respect for that ancient institution, the old one.
Milton John 1608-1674
‘Il Penseroso'
And missing thee, I walk unseen
On the dry smooth-shaven green,
To behold the wandering moon,
Riding near her highest noon.
Milton John 1608-1674
Samson Agonistes
The sun to me is dark
And silent as the moon,
When she deserts the night
Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Monro Harold 1879-1932
Milk for the Cat
The white saucer like some full moon descends
At last from the clouds of the table above.
Norworth Jack 1879-1959
‘Shine On, Harvest Moon'
Oh, shine on, shine on, harvest moon
Up in the sky.
I ain't had no lovin'
Since April, January, June, or July.
Shakespeare William 1564-1616
Antony and Cleopatra
The crown o' the earth doth melt. My lord!
O! withered is the garland of the war,
The soldier's pole is fall'n; young boys and girls
Are level now with men; the odds is gone,
And there is nothing left remarkable
Beneath the visiting moon.
Shakespeare William 1564-1616
Romeo and Juliet
O! swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon
That monthly changes in her circled orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.
Tennyson Alfred Lord 1809-1892
‚The Lady of Shalott'
Or when the moon was overhead,
Came two young lovers lately wed;
‚I am half sick of shadows,' said
The Lady of Shalott.
Tennyson Alfred Lord 1809-1892
„Ulysses"
The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep
Moans round with many voices.
Thoreau Henry David 1817-1862
The youth gets together this material to build a bridge to the moon, or perchance, a palace or temple on earth, and at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.
Twain Mark 1835-1910
Everyone is a moon and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
Williams Tennessee 1911-1983
The Glass Menagerie
I didn't go to the moon, I went much further - for time is the longest distance between two places.
Wooton Sir Henry 1568-1639
‘On His Mistress, the Queen of Bohemia'
You meaner beauties of the night,
That poorly satisfy our eyes,
More by your number, than your light;
You common people of the skies,
What are you when the moon shall rise?
Wordsworth William 1770-1850
„Ode. Intimations of Immortality"
The rainbow comes and goes,
And lovely is the rose,
The moon doth with delight
Look round her when the heavens are bare;
Waters on a starry night
Are beautiful and fair;
The sunshine is a glorious birth;
But yet I know, where'er I go,
That there hath passed away a glory from the earth.
Yeats William Butler 1865-1939
‘Song of Wandering Aengus'
And pluck till time and times are done,
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.