 | Virgil - 1880 - 450 Seiten
...for fields impetuous floods of rain. Or, if her face with fiery flushing glow, Expect the rattling winds aloft to blow. But, four nights old (for that's the surest sign), With sharpen'd horns if glorious then she shine, Next day, nor only that, but all the moon, 'Till her revolving... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - 1884 - 154 Seiten
...flushings glow, Expect the rattling wind aloft to blow ; But four nights old (for that is the best sign), With sharpened horns, if glorious then she...revolving race be wholly run, Are void of tempests both by land and sea. 2. Go plant the bean when the moon is light, And you will find that this is right ; Plant... | |
 | Fletcher S. Bassett - 1885 - 520 Seiten
...face with fiery flushing glow, Expect the rattling winds aloft to blow. But four nights old (for that the surest sign), With sharpened horns, if glorious...race be wholly run, Are void of tempests, both by land and sea, And sailors in the port their promis'd vows shall pay." "And that by certain signs we... | |
 | 1894 - 774 Seiten
...remaining three quarters. This belief is, at any rate, as old as Virgil. In the Georgics he says : But four nights old, for that's the surest sign, With...revolving race be wholly run, Are void of tempests both by land and sea. Herschel mentions a certain French marshal who so firmly believed in this theory, that... | |
 | 1894 - 658 Seiten
...remaining three quarters. This belief is, at any rate, as old as Virgil. In the Georgics he says : But four nights old, for that's the surest sign, With...sharpened horns if glorious then she shine, Next day, r.ot only that, but all the moon, Till her revolving race be wholly run, Are void of tempests both... | |
 | 1898 - 266 Seiten
...for fields impetuous floods of rain ; Or if her face with fiery flushings glow, Expect the rattling winds aloft to blow ; But four nights old (for that's...sharpened horns, if glorious then she shine, Next day, nor only that, but all the moon, Till her revolving race be wholly run, Are void of tempests both by... | |
 | John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 Seiten
...old, (for that 's the surest sign,) With sharpen'd horns if glorious then she shine, Next day, nor only that, but all the moon, Till her revolving race be wholly run, Are void of tempests, both by land aiid sea, And sailors in the port their promis'd vow shall pay. Above the rest, the sun, who never... | |
 | William Allingham - 1912 - 142 Seiten
...for fields impetuous floods of rain ; Or if her face with fiery flushings glow, Expect the rattling winds aloft to blow ; But four nights old (for that's...sharpened horns, if glorious then she shine, Next day nor only that but all the moon, Till her revolving race be wholly run, Are void -of tempests both by... | |
 | Cora Linn Daniels, C. M. Stevans - 2003 - 676 Seiten
...fiery flushings glow. Expect the rattling wind aloft to blow; But four nights old (for that is the best sign). With sharpened horns, if glorious then she...revolving race be wholly run, Are void of tempests both by land and sea." The Greeks and Romans believed the moon to be a protection against the evil eye, and... | |
 | John Dryden - 2003 - 1024 Seiten
...floods of rain. Or if her face with fiery flushing glow, Expect the rat1ling winds aloft to blow. $&i But four nights old (for that's the surest sign),...sharpened horns if glorious then she shine, Next day, nor only that, but all the moon, Till her revolving race be wholly run, Are void of tempests, both... | |
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With sharpened horns if glorious then she shine, Next day, not only that, but all the moon, Till her revolving race be wholly run, Are void of tempests, both by land and sea ; And sailors in the port their promised vow shall pay. 
