| 单词 | moonbeam |
| 例句 | Quicker and quicker danced the dust; the moonbeams seemed to quiver as they went by me into the mass of gloom beyond. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Deep in the meadow, hidden far away A cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray Forget your woes and let your troubles lay And when again it's morning, they'll wash away. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z No light came into the room except for the moonbeams streaming through the broken window. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The stars began to shine all around us, and the path of stardust and moonbeams reappeared beneath our feet. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z One shop sold strange bolts of silk whose patterns looked like spun moonbeams and ribbons of rushing water. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The clouds are moving furiously fast, blocking any moonbeams from touching the earth. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He could no more hug Silas than he could hold a moonbeam, not because his guardian was insubstantial, but because it would be wrong. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z But Mama held him and rocked him and sang songs that Hanako had not heard since Akira was a baby, songs about falling asleep and moonbeams and angels. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The phantom shapes, which were becoming gradually materialised from the moonbeams, were those of the three ghostly women to whom I was doomed. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The moonbeam was like a silver blade slicing through the room on to her face. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Two or three minor feathers drifted softly in a moonbeam toward the floor. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A brilliant moonbeam was slanting through a gap in the curtains. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He smiled at me, and even though I knew it shouldn’t, it felt like moonbeams straight through my heart. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z "The rivers and the streams, the sun and the moonbeams..." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Lyricist Oscar Hammerstein had nuns in “The Sound of Music” sing of Martin’s character as “a moonbeam,” “a wave upon the sand.” Mary Martin — from Weatherford, Tex., to Broadway stardom 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Gosling’s is soft and dusky, like a moonbeam. Do You Hate Musicals? 'La La Land' Could Change That 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z He receives a response, though not quite an answer, from a sweet-voiced guest singer, Angel Deradoorian, who warns against trusting in moonbeams or heartbeats, neither of which are permanent. Review: Hamilton Leithauser and Rostam Evoke Dreams and Ghosts 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z If everything since has felt like a slight letdown, if football seems drained of color and shorn of stray moonbeams, and if my interest in the N.F.L. has slackened, well, I’ve got my memories. ‘Football’ and Other Books of the Season 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z That big, meandering river flows through the entire play, sunlight rippling on its waters, moonbeams dancing silvery threads to add magic to the nights. Talented voices, scenic sets make Village's 'Big River' a pleasant trip 2012-10-01T19:35:05Z Through rain, sunshine, moonbeams and shining stars; for the music, art, theater, dance, movies, food, crafts, fire, drums, circus and people; all in one place all in one weekend. Forty years of Bumbershoot memories 2010-08-27T18:06:00Z One particular number, Abracadabra, in which the gypsy teaches a smitten scribbler how to juggle and encourages him to "balance a moonbeam, light as a feather", is vintage Bart. Quasimodo – review 2013-03-25T18:32:00Z For biographer David Kaufman, the challenge in writing “Some Enchanted Evenings ” is transforming smoke, waves and moonbeams into something concrete on the page. Mary Martin — from Weatherford, Tex., to Broadway stardom 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The concrete floor was finely coated with what appeared to be crushed moonbeams. What Is Glitter? 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z I tied it back, creating an opening large enough to allow the moonbeams to enter and illuminate my tent. Ferry-camping in Alaska’s Inside Passage On the R. Kelly-penned ballad "Fortunate," Maxwell visited lyrical waterfalls, surveyed the sunshine and moonbeams while his band delivered quiet-storm accompaniment. BET 2014: Maxwell, Jill Scott offer love and desire at Staples Center 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z She recalled summer nights when moonbeams reflected on the river. At Ukraine’s Gravesites, a Spring Ritual Hints at Renewal 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z In addition to the dietary and grooming requirements, the unicorn must have “regular access to sunlight, moonbeams and rainbows.” L.A. County Grants Girl’s Request for Unicorn License 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The oval bar, illuminated as if by a moonbeam and ringed with metal fringe on top, is the heart of the setting and the source of some serious liquid pleasures. Review | The Japanese-inspired Wren restaurant flies high in Tysons 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z Illuminated as if by a moonbeam, the oval bar is the heart of the restaurant, situated on the 11th floor of the Watermark. Review | Tom Sietsema’s 7 favorite places to eat right now 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z This research was driven by nothing more than curiosity, he said, a desire to simply learn more about that beautiful volcanic pearl in the sky and its mystifying moonbeam. The Moon Has a Comet-Like Tail. Every Month It Shoots a Beam Around Earth. 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z "When we launched moonbeams for sweet dreams the paediatric team weren't sure what the response would be." Children's hospital dreaming of a bright Christmas 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Beyond the sparkles and moonbeams, the unicorn must also be cared for in compliance with Title 10 of the Los Angeles County Code, which governs animal control and health, she said. L.A. County Grants Girl’s Request for Unicorn License 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The sperms are the moonbeams and sunbeams and shadows of every thought, half thought, and follicle of feeling that have attended you since your first breath of hardship. Edna O’Brien Is Still Writing About Women on the Run 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Fixing health care, expanding child care, and making cities smarter and energy cleaner are worthy goals; but Democrats unspooling ambitious plans are likely to run into taxpayers wary of moonbeams. Opinion | The best candidate against Trump will harness hope — and fear 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z "As the light dimmed, I was able to watch them continue what seemed to be a ritual or ceremony. They stayed directly centred in the moonbeam, even as it moved." Whale spotted pushing dead calf for days 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z The Lake Shore Public school took seven busloads of people ready to shine their moonbeams at the hospital. Children's hospital dreaming of a bright Christmas 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Mustaine’s in an attic where “Lucretia waits impatiently, cobwebs make me squint” and “moonbeams surge through the sky — the crystal ball is energized!” California Sounds: Hear 13 Los Angeles songs that'll scare the bejesus out of you 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z This way, I can have my sunshine and moonbeams without sacrificing my chastity. D.C.’s first Pod hotel — seen through millennial and Gen X eyes 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z "Risen," as written by Reynolds and Paul Aiello, sacrifices the far more interesting political intricacies and machinations to dwell on a touchy-feely representation of Jesus Christ replete with sunrises and moonbeams. Biblical epic 'Risen,' starring Joseph Fiennes, flaunts a 'Game of Thrones' style 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Off the tee, his throws are freaky flat — more rifle shot than moonbeam — and seem to defy physics as they cut through the air. Giving disc golf a spin, Paul McBeth has become the top-ranked player 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Answer: Not luck, moonbeams, or fairy dust, but because of the correct policy response. Heeding History's Lessons In The Search For The Right Macro-Economic Policies 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Brown’s relative success at wresting control of the state’s once-massive budget deficit and his skill at distancing himself from political controversies have helped him eclipse his 1970s reputation as the “moonbeam” governor. Once-quirky Jerry Brown pursues a lasting policy legacy as governor of California “In 2010, his critics wanted to criticize him as a flaky moonbeam,” he said. Brown Cheered in Second Act, at Least So Far 2013-08-17T01:30:06Z But my father, white with passion, still advanced, the moonbeams dancing on his glittering blade. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z She looked straight at him and was as placid as the traditional moonbeam. The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury 2012-04-20T02:00:07.610Z Flow on, sweet Jumna, by the marble walls, reflecting the moonbeams in thy placid breast; and in thy gentle murmurs whispering evermore of Love and Death, and Love that cannot die! From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z How quietly the town reposes in God’s arms, nestling in slumber, roofed over by peace, the moonbeams falling on every house, and every house plunged in gentle sleep. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z It, too, caught the moonbeams and glanced brightly in them; but that was not the only light that shone upon it, as it trickled down the bank, and rested in its little basin below. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z When moonbeams pour their silent music into your chamber at dead of night and your sight rejoices in them, it is he. Immortal Youth A Study in the Will to Create 2012-04-03T02:00:30.247Z High above it might be seen the mansion, shining in the moonbeam, and many lights burning in its various apartments—a sign of the hospitality of W. Berners, Esquire, the lord of that beautiful domain. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z Each lovely form the eye might see, The dark-browed maid of Italy With love's own sparkling eyes; The fairy Swiss—all, all that night, Smiled in the moonbeam's silvery light, Fair as their native skies. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z What light there is comes from a lamp hanging in a golden bowl, and from the soft moonbeams which stream in through the casement. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z The place he entered seemed all dark to eyes fresh from the moonbeams; but some light there was beside that which he carried. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z I shall never forget the expression of her countenance, the moonbeams streaming down on her eager, upturned face. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z At the farther end of the room, where the shadows hung darkest and the moonbeams but feebly penetrated, was the kneeling figure of a woman. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z Her pale face had gradually grown white as a moonbeam, until, at length, as though strengthened by desperation, she sprang from her seat, and essayed to leave the room. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z Now where he stooped down there was a moonbeam shining on the water. Black Tales for White Children 2012-02-28T03:00:29.837Z You see the angels, sliding down the moonbeams, Bring white dreams, like sheaves of lilies fair. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z The lane conducted us to an orchard, all silvery in the moonbeams, and now, through the long rows of trees, I saw the moon shining on the portico of a white mansion. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z In the broad moonbeams a woman stood erect in a boat! The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z The rains are from His dripping wing, the moonbeams from His eye. Poems 2012-02-15T03:00:33.707Z It was a wretched-looking place, but the only habitation in sight, nearer than the village, whose church spire, about two miles distant, glimmered in the moonbeams. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z Evening is the time for walking; and often have I seen beautiful faces, and bright eyes, gleaming in the moonbeams. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z But I did not know and he retired presently, whistling "The White Cockade," and making passes at the moonbeams with his bright bayonet. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z He saw her slipping down towards him from a great height, on the path of a moonbeam. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z "And two people are sitting there—lovers, I dare say," she added, "telling their vows under the moonbeams." The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z Lettie was glad, a little bit exalted; Emily was passionately troubled; her lips were parted, almost beseeching; Leslie was frowning, oblivious, and George was thinking, and the terrible, immense moonbeams braided through his feeling. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z In the mystery of moonlight armour is silvered to an unearthly whiteness, blood-red lights gleam from the turrets of the magicians, and the sylph-like shapes of sorceresses flit from sea to forest like living moonbeams. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z There must be some shocking mistake; their muddled brains grope like a stagnant pond into which a moonbeam has fallen. The Children's Life of the Bee 2012-01-10T03:00:15.617Z She knew it not, but she was fair, And like a moonbeam was her hair, That falls where flowing ripples are In summer evenings, Isabel! Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z She was the type of the Eternal Feminine, the woman of our dreams, the face in the sunset and moonbeams. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z The hills and woods cast shadows; the pools of mist in the valleys gathered the moonbeams in cold, shivery light. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Nor is the Colosseum theme of mine, 'Twas built for poet of a larger daring; The world goes there with torches—I decline Thus to affront the moonbeams with their flaring. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z I cannot say where I have heard the story, Upon what poet's lips; but this I know: Her heart is like a pearl's, or like the glory Of moonbeams frozen on the spotless snow. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z The tops of the trees were silvered by the moonbeams, but the shadows at the foot of the trees were like ink. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z Her bow was a silver bow, and her arrows were the moonbeams. The Young and Field Literary Readers, Book 2 2011-12-28T03:00:37.303Z Occasionally a moonbeam would trace out a suave white branch that the rabbits had gnawed quite bare in the hard winter. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z The bright glances which gleamed around us, from every female eye, were softer than the blushes of the moonbeams! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z Fireflies, Fireflies, little glinting creatures, Making night lovely with a rain of gold, Born of the moonbeams, children all unearthly, Ah how you vanish from a look too bold! The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z "Just you wait, that's all," was the sum total of what the departing scouts deigned to reply, as they vanished amidst the mixture of silvery moonbeams and darkening shadows. The Hickory Ridge Boy Scouts: Under Canvas or, The Hunt for the Cartaret Ghost 2011-12-15T03:00:13.703Z The stage darkens and Salom�, a moonbeam falling on her, is heard apostrophising the head, the lips of which she has just kissed. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z The moonbeams danced on the placid waters of an inland sea, while from farther still, beyond a lofty, flat-topped hill, came the sound of the swell of the English Channel roaring on the sandy shore. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z Its light was reflected in the blue depths of her eyes, eyes which took on the misty darkness of the night sky so that the moonbeams felt at home therein and lingered there confidingly. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z The sphinx-like song of the grand priestess is again heard, and then every sound is hushed excepting the dreamy pizzicato movement in the violins that so resembles the flitting of moonbeams. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z When Aucassin came upon it he reined back his horse sharply, and the moonbeams fell within the lodge. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z He had stepped forward and a moonbeam touched his face. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z It was a moonlight night; in the pale moonbeams she left the wild feast behind. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z Fair as the moonbeam, Bright as the running stream, Sparkling, yet cold. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z In yon lone glade Where silence reigns in deep funereal gloom, Where the pale moonbeams struggle through the shade, Open the portals of "The Stranger's Tomb!" The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z The city slept beneath the moonbeam's glance, Her white walls gleaming through the vines of France, And all was hushed save where the footsteps fell On some high tower, of midnight sentinel. Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z I sat down upon a bench, and looked for the last time on the Black Sea, the stormy Euxine, quiet in the moonbeams, and glittering like a lake of burnished silver. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z On the placid deep Flashed sparkling phosphorescences, While moonbeams, bright in silver bars, Lay like a pathway to the stars. The Call of the Mountains and other Poems 2011-10-28T02:00:27.360Z Under the play of the moonbeams it becomes a house of mysteries. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z The quiet moonbeams shine on the windows of the cottage where George and Ellen, the newly-married couple, are; and the roses which cluster round them exhale their sweetest perfumes. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z The moonlight favored me, and I not only chased the bags and balls, but I tried to chase the moonbeams. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z The moonbeams were streaming in brightly at the window, the storm had ceased, and the sky was clear and cloudless. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z If Christ were not with him, all his sublime sacerdotal functions, though instituted and ordained by Christ himself, were as powerless upon the spirits of men as the moonbeams upon the frozen sea. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z He had to repeat it three times before either of them could conceive what he meant; for he might as well have told them that she went up and down on the moonbeams. The Fisher Girl 2011-10-13T02:00:46.980Z Denied the aid of books, in the far woods that "steeped in their moonbeams lie," he called upon his Maker, and the echo of the floor of the forest recognised his presence. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z I caught the playthings, but never the moonbeams, and I wondered why. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z And still the moonbeams fling a silvern dart, Straight through my window's iron barricade.... Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z It is crowded with savages, their spear-heads glittering in the moonbeams. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z She heard him gasp, and he stood as if paralyzed in the moonbeams which fell through the open doorway and the side-lights of frosted glass. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z Here and there was one, with the moonbeams gleaming brightly upon it, until it seemed, with its many branches, touched by the ice-spirit, or some fairy-like creation, in its loveliness and beauty. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z It was an arbour, the beams of which were moonbeams, so that Monica stepped straight through into it and sat down upon a bench. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z The moonbeams fell brightest upon the piano and the player. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z He used to enter the arena, too, with such humour and dash, with his grand black coat floating around him, and the sun glittering on it like moonbeams on a midnight sea. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z “I am watching the moonbeams glistening on the waters,” replied Johnny, “and what greater pleasure could any man have and all for nothing too?” The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z The moonbeam slowly passed from that divine face. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z And her gown was not white and silver, as he had fancied, but spun of moonbeams and studded with opals. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z Coming towards us in perfect silence at rapid, shuffling step, with the moonbeams glancing from their sloping arms and glistening bayonets, was a column of soldiers. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z Palest yellow on the pale stubbly ground, they were frosted by the moonbeams in their crisp fringe of ears, and in the shining straws projecting here and there. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z Valencia smiled slightly, and a faint idea crossed Lady Marabout's mind that Valencia's smile was hardly a pleasant one, a trifle too much like the play of moonbeams on ice. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z On this she sat down, struggling to regain her lost composure and grateful for the sense of quiet and the cool inspiration of the water, over whose margin the moonbeams danced in elfish ecstasy. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Down the moonbeam, which formed a pathway paved with sparkling hues, floated tiny fairy figures, bearing in their midst upon a litter, formed of a lily-cup, their queen. The Cricket's Friends Tales Told by the Cricket, Teapot, and Saucepan 2011-08-23T02:00:33.033Z I thought I could see the moonbeams gleaming on the big gun that our friend and fellow-citizen said the police had run out in the middle of the street and pointed towards the levee. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z She saw nothing but hills, grey where the moonbeams touched them, black elsewhere; great cavernous coombes; behind them a shadowy plain. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z The moonbeams fell through the upper part of the casement, partially lighting up the antiquated apartment.' The Comforts of Home 2011-08-11T02:00:13.980Z Thus the infernal spectre howled and laughed aloud as we lay on the ground; but ere the fleeting moonbeam had passed away, I was roused once more to furious rage. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z The great mountain's summit must not ever be alone, covered with ice and snow, bright in the sun and in the moonbeams. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z Under the moonbeams Norwich makes a pretty picture from whichever point it is viewed; and the effects in some of the narrow streets are very wonderful. Addresses & Papers / Collectanea 2011-08-04T02:00:22.097Z Like shadows we fled through the weaving shade With quivering moonbeams thick inlaid, And the shrilling bugles around us played— I dreamed that I fought the Dane. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z He knelt in the shade; but the moonbeams lit up all around, and gave a distinctness to every object that was almost equal to that of day. Midnight Webs 2011-07-29T02:00:30.077Z That evening as Hal assisted the two girls into the tonneau of the limousine, he was of the romantic opinion that he had merely persuaded a couple of stray moonbeams to ride with him. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z Night, stealing upon her in dusky pallor, under cloudy skies, or silvering her face with moonbeams and starlight, brings other and wilder voices. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z The library was dimly lighted by the moonbeams. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z Laughing and shouting, she started in chase of a swarm of little minnows, whose silvery sides shone like moonbeams when they darted across the brook. Minnie; or, The Little Woman A Fairy Story 2011-07-18T02:00:19.717Z Far up to the left he could see the moonbeams glittering on the snowy peaks, while to his right again towered a high mass. Midnight Webs 2011-07-29T02:00:30.077Z The swollen brooks rolled like molten silver--cold, glittering veins of the giant mountain body, whose crown of snow bestowed by the tempest glimmered with argent lustre in the pallid moonbeams. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Gaunt shadows crouch by tree and scaur, Like shaggy Satyrs waiting for The moonbeam Nymphs, the Dryads white, That take with loveliness the night, And glorify it with their love. Kentucky Poems 2011-07-11T02:00:07.060Z “His face looked ghastly in the moonbeams, and his eyes gleamed with a light that conscience made demoniac in the eyes of the Marchioness.” John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z For the mother stayed while the earth was reverently drawn over the cold bed, till a little hillock of black soil lay silvered by the dropping moonbeams falling through the willow boughs. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z Then it groped again, and gathered up the spoons, that flashed in the moonbeams. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Again the moonbeams fall upon a fierce visage and eyes glaring with vengeful hate. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z The moonbeam is apparently perfectly still, the atmosphere calm, and there is nothing in the surroundings to disturb the natural tranquillity, these conditions inducing a feeling of softness and rest in the observer. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z The ivory diadem was now bathed in the glory of the crimson moonbeams. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z The moonbeams held until on a bench under a tree they revealed her with head turned away and bent, still in thought. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z It is so nice to have some one to talk to, Dolores thinks, as she and Sir Barry walk around and around the sweet old garden, with everything bathed in the bewitching moonbeams. Zoe; Or, Some Day A Novel 2011-06-11T02:00:13.290Z The moonbeam crept further along the polished floor, and a puff of air entered. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z The white moonbeams poured brilliant as diamond lights into the porch of the old church of Key West. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Dawn mingled its delicate violets with the moonbeams on the monuments. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z All at once the flower collapsed, and falling downward he saw three white moonbeams bear his friend into heaven, who cast his eyes downward toward the fallen one. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z Suddenly the first moonbeam fell across the wall. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z It is an exact facsimile of the lost ring which glittered in the moonbeams beneath the old pear-tree on that last night at Seringa Vale. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z It was the longest foot-print he had ever seen, long and narrow and very light, like a moonbeam. Canadian Fairy Tales 2011-05-30T02:00:14.087Z He approached the house; the window was open; the moonbeams fell on Hanna, who was sleeping by it. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z The moonbeams had found her out and fell upon her thin, upturned face. Told on the Pagoda Tales of Burmah 2011-05-22T02:00:12.060Z Already the dim lawn was alive with them, crawling, scurrying through the grass, creeping in among the flower-beds, little, ghostly-white things that glimmered from shade into shadow like moonbeams. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z He stood long, looking into the darkness of the bushes until at last he imagined that he saw a moonbeam, shaped graciously like a woman's face, looking back at him. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z How sweetly the river Reflected the ray Of moon through the willows Or sun o'er the hill: Does the moonbeam there quiver, The sunset there play, Upon its gay billows As splendidly still? The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z Falcon is winging high, But the fortress gates are higher; And Angela is watching there Aureoled in sunshine, Belted with the moonbeams, And flowering with the stars. An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics 2011-05-14T02:00:10.287Z So they both opened the window and slid down a moonbeam. Little Jack Rabbit and Uncle John Hare 2011-05-09T02:00:05.633Z "I fear we shall have to trust it to a moonbeam also." Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z "H'm!" he remarked; "I must have a bad attack when I see moonbeam faces on a moonless night!" Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Now the grave-yard was very dim and shadowy, for it lay on the verge of the forest, and a few stray moonbeams only pierced through the pine boughs that drooped over it. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z She was dressed in moonbeams and dewdrops and the fleece of a cloud, and she had wings made of gossamer like those of a dragon-fly, and on her head there trembled a star. The Blue Rose Fairy Book 2011-05-03T02:00:18.777Z As soon as they slid off the moonbeam, they scampered away to the forest where the big Ragged Rabbit Giant was stealing all the Jack-in-the-pulpit flowers he could lay hands on. Little Jack Rabbit and Uncle John Hare 2011-05-09T02:00:05.633Z Alas, for her, that her heart was not as cold as the moonbeam it resembled in its purity! Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z And this deep self-pity, this secret longing for a better heart, that falls upon us, like a moonbeam woven out of mist and light, we children of men call "Love." Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z That of the man she did not regard, for the loveliness of the young girl, around whom the moonbeams fell in luminous clearness, absorbed all her faculties. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z Heliodore said she would like a scarf woven of moonbeams, such as is only to be found in the mountains which are in the north of India. The Blue Rose Fairy Book 2011-05-03T02:00:18.777Z The glint of a moonbeam on the barrel showed me it was a revolver. By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z Let us walk in the moonlight or sit on that great rock at the head of the riffle and watch the moonbeams play with the running water.” Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z No sooner were the two good swords of Bacon and O'Reily flashing in the moonbeams, than corresponding motions of the savage war clubs gave evidence that they also were ready for battle. The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion 2011-03-23T02:00:21.287Z Half of its surface lay in shadow; the other half was silvered by the moonbeams, that, penetrating the pellucid water, rendered visible the white shells and shining pebbles at the bottom. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z I have brought Heliodore a veil woven of moonbeams, which I found in the northern hills of India, and it was very expensive. The Blue Rose Fairy Book 2011-05-03T02:00:18.777Z There was a flash in the faint moonbeams, as he held out to her a long, sharp knife. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z Just now we have a full moon, and the reflections in the pond are so clear that you can see the fish dance in the moonbeams. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z I shall never forget that picture of her as the moonbeams came down from the dome above, and she stood there in a robe of white and silver. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z The moonbeam fell upon both—no longer with soft silvery light, but gleaming rude and red, like the chandeliers of a bagnio. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z The moonbeam still penetrated into her room: it grew brighter and brighter, and at last lit up the most secluded corner of her heart. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z It was neither dark nor fair, neither grave nor sad, though at the moment of its entrance a smile played over it as the moonbeams play over a placid lake. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z A calm spot showed ahead, through which moonbeams shone. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Her flowing robes of shimmering white seemed made of moonbeams sewn together, so soft and luminous were they. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z The same moonbeam, that but a moment before had shone upon Haj-Ewa, now fell upon him, and I saw him with sufficient distinctness; he was the aide-de-camp. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z When she lies down in bed again the admonitory moonbeam has vanished, but through the cold black of the winter night filters the first weak shimmer of the dawn. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z The gloom is intense, the moonbeams cannot find their way hither. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Then the savage wildness of the prospect is tempered agreeably by the mild moonbeams, and the prevailing silence adds to the impression of mingled sublimity, and weird loveliness. The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country 2011-03-04T03:00:59.137Z Lose not a second's time, for if the moonbeam leave the well before you, the lovely Empress Yelva must forever remain prisoner and yourself likewise. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z A single moonbeam slanting athwart the leaves, shone upon her majestic figure. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z She tosses about restlessly in bed; a moonbeam which has contrived to slip through a crack in her shutters points at her with uncanny persistency, like an accusing ghostly finger. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z Ever and anon he looked for the stealthy shadow of which he had dreamed, climbing in the moonbeams along the balusters of the stairway. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z The moonbeams slid through the branches, and the shadows of the leaves spread themselves out like ghostly lace-work over the yellow gravel. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z "I know not of my nimbleness, but I will try," said Sweep, and plunged down headlong, as a pale moonbeam shone down and silvered the dark waters. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z The leaves of the tall palms—the waxen flowers of the magnolias—the yellow blossoms of the zanthoxylon trees could all be distinguished in the clear moonbeams. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z It is a light, not of stars or of moonbeams, but of a bona fide lamp, and as such is hailed by Mona, with joy. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z Julius watched how the moonbeams shifted from bough to bough as the slow night lingered. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z All did come safely through, however, notwithstanding the appearance of sundry wild Bedouins, whose weapons and matted locks gleamed in the moonbeam, as their stealthy figures flitted in thin tracery from crag to crag. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z The many doorways in Bennett’s-rents seemed to frown darkly and mysteriously as the one lamp flickered, while, where the moonbeams did not fall, there were gloomy shadows. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z The liquid was cool and clear, and under the moonbeams shone with a silvery effulgence. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z She throws up her head, and pushes back her hair, and strains her eyes eagerly into the darkness, that not all the moonbeams can make less than night. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z The shuddering forest became hideous, and the moonbeams came to his eyes red between the branches. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z There, as far as he could see, the little stream gleamed and sparkled in the moonbeams, until it was lost in the shadow of the great hills beyond. The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables 2011-02-23T03:00:29.860Z Their natures were so quickened, so responsive, that soon a perfect accord existed between them and the latticeless moonbeams, the wide, open night, and the undeadened music of the surges. A Practical Novelist 2011-02-19T03:01:38.957Z As Margit walked home that night, the moonbeams played upon the snow with such strange beauty, that after she had gone up to her bedchamber she felt she must look out at them once more. Arne; A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life 2011-02-14T03:00:32.700Z Around its head there was still a fleecy vapour, which seemed slowly melting away in the moonbeams; at times each icy peak would be revealed clearly, to half vanish again in a semi-transparent veil. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z The flames darted up and whipped the moonbeams, the smoke followed, and again the bellowing shocked the night. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z And as he listened, the moon went down behind the mountains, and the silvery veil of moonbeams grew so dim that star after star began to peep through it on the Child. The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables 2011-02-23T03:00:29.860Z One lay so near to the entrance of a tent, that the moonbeams, slanting inward through the opening of the canvas, fell full upon his face. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z The mother had gone to bed, and lay sleeping as calmly as a child, with the moonbeams shining full on her face. Arne; A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life 2011-02-14T03:00:32.700Z Above these the wreathing mist was still floating, and the moonbeams called forth from it strange shapes, which, when the eye would have seized and held them fast, eluded it and melted away. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z Within that cave, where Penfold slept during his guardian's absence, the fires darted, tincturing with red the silver of the moonbeams against the sable wall of cliff. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z He could see the porch, and one of the windows beyond it; through this came the light of a lamp or candle indistinct under the bright shimmer of the moonbeams. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z The white moonbeams flooded the dark stone without being able to lend it any light. Danira 2011-02-06T03:00:59.460Z She gazed anxiously into his face, clearly defined in the bright moonbeams, and an involuntary terror came over her; she seemed to gaze into the face of her dead father. A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z Meanwhile the widow's letter lay quietly on the floor, bleached by a moonbeam. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Up here too, in the garden, the curling mists crept over the grass, and here too the fitful moonbeams wove their fantastic imagery. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z He was beginning to despair of an interview that night, when the light upon which his eyes had been fixed appeared to have been put out, as the glass showed black under the moonbeams. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z Thus we forged ahead, the black surrounding forest and the white floor of it irradiated by the moonbeams. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z The moonbeams falling obliquely at the entrance of the grotto, had revealed all to him; he had seen dark forms and gleaming weapons. A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z Windows are often carefully covered to keep the moonbeams from entering sleeping rooms. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z “It was a moonbeam,” he repeated with exaggerated incredulity. A Son of the Bayou, Torn Over the Shrimping Life 2011-01-06T18:27:14Z The moonbeam kissed the holy pane, And threw on the pavement a bloody stain.” Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z This is a mythological conception suggested by likening the moonbeams to twisted threads, out of which on fair clear nights the brilliant verdure in which the earth is clad is spun. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru 2011-01-02T03:00:21.577Z The moonbeams shifted to and fro, casting light or shade upon the horrible scenes. The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z A moonbeam shone full on the fourth painting, a likeness of the man in the red cap, and the flickering light made his face appear almost alive. The Vanishing Houseboat 2010-12-20T17:11:37.787Z She’s frisky and feisty, an embodiment of the descriptions the nuns sing about Maria: a will-o’-the wisp, a moonbeam and a wave upon the sand. | Long Island: A Tale That Rings With a Familiar Sound 2010-12-05T04:20:00Z The nickname was coined by Mike Royko, the famed Chicago columnist, who in 1976 said that Mr. Brown appeared to be attracting “the moonbeam vote,” which in Chicago political parlance meant young, idealistic and nontraditional. How Jerry Brown Became ?Governor Moonbeam? 2010-03-06T21:53:00Z At a late hour the lights were doused, and all was as still as death; and the late refulgent vessels floated a number of black masses under the moonbeams. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 But my enthusiasm has not been limited to moonbeams. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 "Art ready?" said he, as he held forth his spear, the point of which glittered in the moonbeams, as he waved it. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 A fire burning brightly in the grate somewhat relieved the cold splendour of the moonbeams. The Princess Galva A Romance It was quite dark here, too dark almost to distinguish anything—the only light was a tiny, truant moonbeam that strayed in from the atelier between the porti�res of the archway. The Belovéd Traitor Out of the earthly gloom, Out of the sordid room, Out, on a moonbeam ray!— The Cup of Comus Fact and Fancy The fire she steals from heaven comes from her as it does from her cognate thief, Phœbe, as soft as moonbeams. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 The silence enabled her now to catch the low tones of the men; and the coruscations of their steel armour, as the moonbeams played upon it, met her eye. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 The wood was changed from a beautiful bright picture into a beautiful black photograph; twig and leaf, and silent birds, stood out like motes in the moonbeams. Witching Hill The floor, newly waxed, gleamed in the candle-light like beaten moonbeams. The Valiants of Virginia As she went to meet his face, she lifted her gaze up the slant moonbeams, looking piteous, despairing appeal for darkness to come back and cover her. The Unknown Sea It was dark, but I dare say the moonbeams shining on the chevelure dorée showed him a pair of truthful, trusting eyes that promised never to desert him. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories He told a story to her, A story full of dreams— And was it of the Elfin things That haunt the thin moonbeams? A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems The moonbeams shimmered on the grass like flocks of white sheep. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers Lights and shadows mingled with the moonbeams, and all the fantastic forms we awoke were only reflections from ghostland. Glories of Spain Her truth, her honor, purity, obedience and loyalty While softly, the moonbeams and stars twinkle brightly, God's witnesses on high, While the bugle sounds its soft good-night. Campward Ho! A Manual for Girl Scout Camps She threw out her arms, drawing a long breath, her head flung back in the path of the moonbeams with the unconscious instinct of the young girl for enchanting the male. Making Money But with the air the magical moonbeams streamed in too, and made a pattern on her green silk coverlet; her thoughts were lost in its mazes, so that she could not close her eyes. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. Now as then the moonbeams played on the still pale face; only now she would not revive, could never be recalled to life. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers The change in the moonbeams warned us that the night was growing old. Glories of Spain The next instant he had opened the door and entered the room which was brightly lighted by the moonbeams. The Children of the World Anon the cave appeared when moonbeams would its depths illume, A fairy hall of diamond, anon, a ghastly tomb. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I Oh, for the music of moonbeams that master and sweep Chords of the resonant deep! Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems Another rift in the dust-clouds revealed the upper part of the Cross, and the moonbeams shone on a gilded scroll. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 We saw faint shadows thrown upon the moonbeams, as they passed to and fro. Glories of Spain She went bravely toward the gate, and the moonbeams made an aureole about her hair. The Master's Violin Mr. Dalroyd stepped out into a summer night radiant with moonbeams and full of the heady perfume of ripening hay. Our Admirable Betty A Romance I looked up into a twilight depth of desert space, broken by a few tall pointed windows, through which the moonbeams fell. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales He calculated to the width of a moonbeam just how far he could go. The Moonlit Way The whole ghostly building, shrouded in gloom and mystery and moonbeams, stood before us in all its solidity, all its grandeur and magnificence. Glories of Spain The first diamond she had ever owned caught and flashed back a moonbeam. Nancy of Paradise Cottage On the other, the land gradually sloped towards the river, which flowed quietly by, ever and anon sparkling in the moonbeams, or reflecting the dark forest and flowery banks in its azure depths. Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 Nearer to the roof, the castle wore a gayer aspect the copper-plates about the gables shone mildly in the moonbeams, and the numerous chimney tops with weathercocks and flagstaffs, seemed all spangled over with silver. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales He played a tune of wonderful sweetness and sadness, so soft and airy that the notes seemed to glide down the moonbeams, like the tinkling of fairy bells in the air. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands It ceased, and again for a moment the whole vast interior was steeped in profound silence; the moonbeams streaming their pale light through the windows possessed the building. Glories of Spain As the barrel dropped to its place, the metal flashed in the moonbeam, and its glitter seemed to rouse the creature from its momentary torpor. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa There was lingerie to be selected, stuffs immaterial as moonbeams, cambrics that could be drawn through a ring. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident She raised her head—she raised her hand—there was that within it which glittered in the moonbeam. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 They call you to these twilight ways With dewy odor dripping— Ah, girlhood, through the rosy haze Come like a moonbeam slipping. One Day & Another A Lyrical Eclogue Everything, even to the immaterial, the surge of the sea, the trail of the fire-flies, and the glint of a moonbeam, now aslant at his feet, conspired to coerce his will. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes Silently as a moonbeam falling across the earth the cavalcade moved. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter The moonbeams shone upon the house and barns, and glistened on the spring, the splashing of which could still be heard. Landolin He has taken off your robe of mourning and has thrown about your shoulders a sari woven of moonbeams and running water. The Ten-foot Chain or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium Thus he saw, that only water in motion will show the moonbeams, whilst a mirror, whether it be of glass, or the still bosom of the lake, reflects but the moon itself. A Modern Wizard Meditatively still he continued to disrobe; but in spite of the stars and the moonbeams the light must have been insufficient, for presently he lit a candle, monologuing to himself the while. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes The murdered Violetta lay on the ground at a short distance from me; the moonbeams played full upon her ghastly and distorted features; and her robes, her bridal robes, were deeply stained with blood. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 In the night I saw her weaving By the misty moonbeam cold, All the weft her shuttle cleaving With a sacred thread of gold. Mopsa the Fairy Never did those transparent waters leap more lightly beneath the moonbeams than upon this auspicious night. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. And in the beautiful glamour of the moonbeams it seemed to Nod the air was aflock with tiny wings. The Three Mulla-mulgars Ivo's breast heaved: he trembled from head to foot; he knew not what befell him; but he bent over Emmerence and kissed her cheek, almost as gently as the moonbeam itself. Black Forest Village Stories And then again she saw him; but his dark eyes were closed, and the pale moonbeams bathed his dying brow. Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 They looked for the incorporeal creatures of whom they had heard, and they were quick to invest any trick of moonbeam shadow with the attributes of the supernatural.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare I watched the white moonbeams spray over the floor and fade out, as the clouds swept clear or covered the moon's face. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Only a woman's hair, Long, delicate, and slender; Light as the spider's silken lair, Soft as a moonbeam tender. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 When the old woman spoke in this strain, her eyes and those of the listener beamed in the same brightness, like two neighbor-billows lit up by one moonbeam. Black Forest Village Stories They watched the advancing horde as it came among the gardens, the moonbeams making a strange play of light and shade. Barclay of the Guides A slanting moonbeam showed Markee�a's ferocious visage and his upraised weapon, but the Haytian met the falling blow with a fierce upward stroke that once before had done him service. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure The snow had drifted round this arch a great sweep of rounded wreaths, and glistened smoothly white in the moonbeams, but the paved gateway itself was blown clear. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Who takes for brightening eyes the stars, For locks the still moonbeam, Sighs through the dews of evening peacefully Falling, "Dream!" Down-Adown-Derry A Book of Fairy Poems Like a peacock, holding an imaginary train in one hand, Nonie strutted across the grass, now nodding graciously to right and left, now haughtily chiding imaginary moonbeams who accompanied her. Happy House The moonbeams were breaking through the dark clouds, and I perceived the ruins of a large building, into which the major strode. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors Suspended from one of these was an inert shape, mottled with yellow patches where the moonbeams filtered through the leaves. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure She passed through all the dirty little gum-shoe emotions which she inspired on the Manola like a moonbeam through a foul alley. Captain Macedoine's Daughter He blew a great blast and the thread was gone; In the air Nowhere Was a moonbeam bare; 10 Far off and harmless the shy stars shone; Sure and certain the Moon was gone! Graded Poetry: Third Year The apartment has no windows; lamps, perpetually burning behind transparent curtains, diffuse a light whose steady glow is midway between that of the sun and moonbeams. A Christian But a Roman The night-wind and the water sighed: And through the leaves, that stirred above, The moonbeams swooned with music of The dance—soft things in league with love: I never dreamed that you had lied. Idyllic Monologues Old and New World Verses It is gleaming blood-red beneath the kiss of the fickle moonbeams, that dance hither and thither amidst its crimson foliage. Portia or By Passions Rocked The owls are calling and the maize With fallen dew is dripping— Ah, girlhood, through the dewy haze Come like a moonbeam slipping. Days and Dreams Poems In the streamlet, white and slender, All alone the nymph is bathing, Beautiful her arms and shoulders Shimmer in the moonbeams' splendor. Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine A face, the whiteness of a water-flower, And pollen-golden hair, In shadow half, half in the moonbeams' glower, Lifts slowly there. The Garden of Dreams They advanced towards the galaxy, the moon peeped out of the sky, the Bacchante faded away in the moonbeams. Life of John Keats Looking up at the great shining windows, glittering and sparkling in the moonbeams, he cried, with some humour, "Ha! it will cost many a canvass ere I can establish my studio there again." The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II "By my sooth, fair maiden," said the stranger, "and thy sweet face doesna belie its fame; admiration fails in painting the loveliness of thy glowing cheeks, and thine een might make a moonbeam blush!" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III The maiden sleeps in her chamber, Where the trembling moonbeams glance, Without there singeth and ringeth The melody of a dance. Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine The winds are phantom voices Around its carven doors; The moonbeams, specter footsteps Upon its polished floors. The Garden of Dreams Soothed by a moonbeam which greeted him through the waters, Endymion pursued his course. Life of John Keats Then o'er the heart comes hopefulness again, As moonbeams rush from out the clouded sky: The brow grows bright, the spirit dares to bless The unseen hand that loosed its heavy chain. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 The men plunged down laughing, shouting, and swearing at their occasional missteps, and silently as moonbeam or thistledown the light-footed shadow went down after them. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine How Olga drowns a faithful servant—How Mr. Kelly conjures up a ghost—And how Monica, beneath the mystic moonbeams, grants the gift she first denies. Rossmoyne With her soft face half turned to me, Like an arrested moonbeam, she Stood in the cirque of that deep tree. The Garden of Dreams But as he continued to look closer and more carefully through the glass he fancied a light like humid moonbeams came into them. Weird Tales. Vol. I “Nay, sweet,” said Nell, and she shook her curls while the moonbeams danced among them, “he is as false as yonder moon–as changeable of face.” Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time At that time I lived only to see a shadow on the barred windows, a hand open a lattice, a veiled head glide by through the moonbeams. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. Olga's hand, moving through the water, breaks it into little wavelets on which the riotous moonbeams dance. Rossmoyne But might it not have been some effect of light and shade produced by the moonbeams, and the dark branches of a large tree close to the window, when agitated by the high wind? Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 The moonbeams bleak Yellowed on the bloodstone hoary And that brace of misanthropes. Atta Troll At intervals the sombre wildness of the scene would be relieved by a bluegrass glade, all agleam with moonbeams and glistering dew drops, saving where flecked with the shadows of clumped or scattered trees. The Red Moccasins A Story A moonbeam fell on something shining that leant against a kitchen chair. Jena or Sedan? At night, the moonbeams, falling, still shivered off its glassy face; its pale presence filled the night, and immortality lay brooding in its hollows. Stories by American Authors, Volume 2 And the other things with tiny legs that skate up and down the slippery moonbeams, without ever tumbling off—they aren't silly a bit, only they don't like dogs and noise. Jimbo A Fantasy The sky grew bright rapidly and soon the moonbeams wandered among the straight, handsome trees and lay calmly upon the earth. With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga Was I sitting here, watching the first moonbeam glide across the floor? The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 And here, across those strips of light and through those moonbeams, Harry plainly discerned a figure which was gliding swiftly along. A Castle in Spain A Novel Suddenly he saw a bright light through the trees, as if one of the bushes were on fire, or was it merely the brilliant moonbeams shining on a wet clearing? Fairy Tales from the German Forests She searched his face, which was dimly and fitfully lighted by the moonbeams as they broke through the phantom-like clouds that were beginning to sweep the heavens. Captain Pott's Minister From paddle blade See the black water flash in light; And bars of moonbeams streaming white, Have pearls of ebon raindrops made. Alaska Days with John Muir Very brightly did the moon shine on the night I answered the call, and I walked out over the waters to the White Ship on a bridge of moonbeams. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 There was a faint light, the light of moonbeams, which streamed in here and fell upon the floor, just as in his own room. A Castle in Spain A Novel And mingling among the quivering moonbeams around the head was a silvery halo that might be the hair of Father Burke; for the face resembled his. The Pines of Lory Silence, and the quiet moonbeams, and the broad, deep shadow of the ruined wall! Eighth Reader At the stroke of twelve he went to the pulpit, over which a bright moonbeam lay, which also lighted up his face as bright as day. Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study This is the Land of Fancy, and we walked to the verdant shore upon a golden bridge of moonbeams. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 She saw, where the moonbeams fell, the outline of figures on the floor and on the bed. A Castle in Spain A Novel Shyly we surveyed our guides As through the gloomy woods we went In the light that the straggling moonbeams lent: We envied them their easy strides! Collected Poems Volume One A glancing moonbeam had that time lighted her beauty. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story The room gleamed brightly in the moonbeams trembling with mystery, which had spun themselves out in long, glimmering threads over floor and ceiling. Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study The window-blind was not drawn, and broad moonbeams poured through the panes. Shirley He saw the moonbeams lying on the floor; he heard the slow, low, regular breathing of sleepers, one of whom seemed still to be in that troubled dream. A Castle in Spain A Novel Warm winds from palm-hung pleasances Came through the lattice bars With scents and murmurous harmonies; Like splintered scimitars The moonbeams through the banyan trees Gleamed under Indian stars. Ioläus The man that was a ghost When she raised her head to stare at the sky, a fugitive moonbeam caressed her face and touched her briefly with a wondrous beauty. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story The moonbeam chases her; see how its brightness kisses her temples unceasingly. Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study Flame and shadow seem the component parts of that lad's soul—no daylight in it, and no sunshine, and no pure, cool moonbeam ever shone there. Shirley As yet he was under the shadow, and was, therefore, invisible in the gloom; but he was approaching the place where the moonbeams fell—where he might be seen. A Castle in Spain A Novel Imitation eyes, brows, and lips were painted on the wrappings, and the effect thus produced, and in the phosphorescent glare of the moonbeams, was very weird. Byways of Ghost-Land But Martin, it must be admitted, was more interested by the pure profile revealed by a slanting moonbeam than by the details of astronomy and his mumbled, half-conscious replies revealed his inattention. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story Following it, he found a small settlement of bamboo huts hidden away in a beautiful grove of moriche palms, through which the moonbeams filtered in silvery stringers. Carmen Ariza The shape that, seen in a moonbeam, lived, had a pulse, had movement, wore health's glow and youth's freshness, turned cold and ghostly gray, confronted with the red of sunrise. Shirley The priest had not seen her very well on the previous evening, and now as he saw her face in full daylight, it seemed different from that which had met his view under the moonbeams. A Castle in Spain A Novel It was a light night, and the glass face of the clock flashed back the moonbeams with startling brilliancy. Byways of Ghost-Land Across Kate's face a moonbeam strayed and rested, and the young man sitting in the shadow a little behind her could not take his eyes away. Kildares of Storm Through the haze the convent on La Popa sparkled like an enchanted castle, with a pavement of soft moonbeams leading up to its doors. Carmen Ariza The moonbeams stole into my room, penetrating the roses that hung around the casement, and bringing their odor softly around my couch. Mabel's Mistake At length the advancing figure reached the place where the moonbeams fell, and here he entered the moonlight, so that it was possible to see his outline, though not to distinguish features. A Castle in Spain A Novel They have floated into my presence with both sunbeams and moonbeams, through windows, doors, and curtains, and their advent has invariably been followed by some form or other of occult demonstration. Byways of Ghost-Land The moon shines dim in the open air, And not a moonbeam enters here. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer The fields and copses lay all crisp and bright in the cool moonbeams; and over beyond lay the blue mountains, in a misty indistinctness that was even more ensnaring than their midday beauty. Opportunities I can hear the snow crack, the frost crusts it so suddenly over; the window-panes seem curtained over with lace, which the moonbeams are turning to silver; it is a bitter cold night. Mabel's Mistake The corners of the room were all in darkness, but the floor was illuminated here and there by the moonbeams. A Castle in Spain A Novel My heart turned to ice—there, half-way down the stairs, was a tall, black figure, its polished ebony skin shining in the moonbeams. Byways of Ghost-Land The shifting moonbeams pierced the white, fleecy clouds that enveloped them, and as he turned his face toward her she saw it was Rex. Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love At length even these disappeared; the saloons were entirely deserted, save by the beautiful mother moonbeam, who slept upon the fragrant turf, her babe, the silver starlight, folded lovingly within her bosom. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 The trio stood without a word in the moonbeams; but the doctor was breathing hard through his teeth, like a man wrestling with himself; and at last he laughed sardonically as though he had won. The Camera Fiend True, the moonbeams glimmered through the narrow windows, but the greater part of the room was sunk in gloom. A Castle in Spain A Novel Under thy window, my little lady, Under thy window, Flossie dear, Here where the moonbeams softly flicker, Sing I this song that you may hear. Dorothy Dainty at the Mountains The broad expanse of the valley was radiant in the moonbeams, and the branches of the willows were glittering with frosty gems. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 All is uncertain, tremulous, and vague— Our hearts, the music, moonbeams, and the water. L'Aiglon This was an old willow-tree which had drawn into itself the most ethereal powers of the sunrays and the moonbeams, and had thus been able to assume the shape of a human being. The Chinese Fairy Book The moonbeams now were streaming in upon the stone floor where the six Carlist prisoners were lying. A Castle in Spain A Novel On the outer side of the lawn wall the moonbeams fell full upon the little figure of Pitapat waiting there. Hidden Hand No lights were burning, for in her sadness Rachael had thought the moonbeams enough. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals Or have the moonbeams conjured up a spectre? L'Aiglon It was his face—the face of her hero, her king, before which all else paled as the moonbeams pale before the glaring light of the rising sun. Pretty Madcap Dorothy Or, How She Won a Lover Through the room a figure now advanced across the moonbeams. A Castle in Spain A Novel Can you imagine a novelist sitting down and fitting his work neatly into a box measured off into compartments: one hero, one heroine, one extra, plus episodic sunsets and moonbeams galore? The Dominant Strain Bright moonbeams on the sea are playing, And starlight shines o'er vale and hill; I should be gone—yet still delaying, By thy loved side I linger still! Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Upward again it swells; the moonbeams show Again its glimmering crest; Again it feels the fatal weight below, And sinks, but not to rest. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition The moonbeams had laid a patine of silver upon the floor of the small clearing before the door, and played softly among the shadows. The Vagrant Duke It was quite dark, the room being illuminated in part, as before, by the struggling moonbeams. A Castle in Spain A Novel "Then the pine boughs croon me a lullaby, And trickle the white moonbeams To my face on the balsam where I lie While the owl hoots at my dreams." Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 Her daughter Margaret stood near her, arrayed in satin and tulle, with pearls white as moonbeams lying on her breast, clasping her white throat and arms, and twined among the meshes of her dark hair. Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife The moon is up, the moonbeams smile— They tremble on the main; But dark, within my floating cell, To me they smile in vain. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition At times one comes our way,� Of all she is pallidest, White as the moonbeam's shivering ray On a glacier's icy crest. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems The light was caused by the moonbeams, which shone in through a place where the outside wall was broken away. A Castle in Spain A Novel Upon a night, brightened by no moonbeam or glittering star, Emma sat melancholy and alone in her apartment. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 He stood by the prison-window, through whose iron bars came trooping the silent moonbeams, lighting up his countenance, ghastly and contracted with anguish, then flashing along the darkness, rested upon the floor in mellow radiance. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 At long last, one night, when the full moon, rising above the mountains, flooded the whole lake with light, he saw the swan coming swiftly towards him, shining brighter than the moonbeams. Irish Fairy Tales Forth from a distant corridor That many a moonbeam's pallid hue Fretted fantastically o'er, A wondrous phantom sped in view. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems A turn in the road brought them at length to a place where the valley widened, and far away, shining like silver in the moonbeams, flowed the river, "With many a winding through the vale." A Castle in Spain A Novel My heart is open, and your words are silvery moonbeams.” The Book of Khalid That shadow's vague enchanting outline cast On yonder wall, to arrest with poet's finger Thy beauty's mystic image fading fast, As round thy form fond moonbeams cease to linger! Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 The short staccato sentences, the difficulty of getting hold of anything definite amid so many moonbeams, gliding ghosts, whistling reeds, and feasts of shells, has a very debilitating effect on the mind. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Yet 't is by night's uncanny hours, By pallid German moonbeams cast On old dilapidated towers, That ghosts are wont to wander past. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems Beetling precipices shut off the direct light of the moonbeams and left the abyss again in dense darkness long before the coming of the laggard dawn. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation But when he caught the glint of a moonbeam on the jeweled eyes, he bent over it with keener concern. The Web of the Golden Spider “I did!” cried Madge, proudly, as she issued from the narrow aperture in the copse, and her tall figure was revealed by the fading moonbeams. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI You see, I hear a great deal of flower-gossip, for my moonbeams are sad chatterboxes, and they bring me back all sorts of news when they come home in the morning. Five Mice in a Mouse-trap by the Man in the Moon. How black and dismal seemed the trunks of the trees in the shimmering 37 moonbeams! The Cabin on the Prairie Near the door, and where the slanting moonbeams fell full upon it, was the last who had been borne to the death hut, the mother of Wallulah. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. Its eyes caught the moonbeams in its brilliant surfaces, so that it looked more a living thing than she who held it. The Web of the Golden Spider Again we saw the flash of her gun, and the smoke curling white in the moonbeam. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI I watch them sometimes all day long, their pranks are so amusing; and then when night comes, I slide down a moonbeam and sit by their pillows, and tell them stories and sing them songs. Five Mice in a Mouse-trap by the Man in the Moon. While they were thus conversing, a queer little elfin sped down one of the moonbeams, like a flash of summer lightning, and in an instant was on his knee before the Queen. The Fairy Nightcaps She seemed a part of that beauteous night, elfish and delicate as a moonbeam or a flower, fragile as the song of a bird. When Dreams Come True Gather the sunlight Aglow on thy way; Gather the moonbeams, Each soft silver ray. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul My dear, I shall have you turning into a moonbeam. Say and Seal, Volume II Jolly enough, but not quite safe enough, my young friend!" said I. "It is very easy to ride on a moonbeam when one knows how, but very different when one does not. Five Mice in a Mouse-trap by the Man in the Moon. The moonbeams, struggling into the room, disclosed the little mother on her knees by the small white couch, her head buried in the white coverings. The Fairy Nightcaps This goddess was also supposed to have a special affection for the fairies, whom she loved to watch dancing in the moonbeams, and for whom she reserved her daintiest flowers and sweetest honey. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas Not only in the morning gray, Or when the moonbeam's silver ray Falls on me, but at high noonday, When pleasure beckons me away, Teach me to pray. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul Imagine a search warrant wrapped up in moonbeams—imagine the blending of the softest sunset reflection with a keen lightning flash,—and after all you have only words—not those eyes. Say and Seal, Volume II It was a sunk amphitheatre, surrounded by a stone balustrade, with a small pond in the middle and, opposite, in a leafy frame, a female statue, with a moonbeam quivering upon it. The Frontier With an involuntary motion he gently waved them back and forth, and felt himself rising—rising—RISING—till he had floated out of the window into the moonbeams. The Fairy Nightcaps Her dress, a shimmer of white and gold, might have been wished on her by a fairy godmother, a thing of gossamer and moonbeams. The Comings of Cousin Ann "Oh, Ratio," he gasped, "how funny of you to try to walk on a moonbeam!" The Arkansaw Bear A Tale of Fanciful Adventure Again Erik felt the soft brush of Vanda's wings, and she disappeared in the path of the moonbeams. Soap-Bubble Stories For Children But if reflected sunshine, it was objected, the chief at least of the dark Fraunhofer lines should be visible in it, as they are visible in moonbeams, sky illumination, and all other sun-derived light. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The music, faint and sweet, lingered till the last lance had flashed in the moonbeams, as it disappeared over the tall tree-tops, and then it died insensibly away, so lingering were the delicious notes. The Fairy Nightcaps Only a few moonbeams touched the still water; the rushes stood up like tall black spears; one could fancy armed men crouched in ambush there in the shadow of the arch. A Vanished Hand I had been catching moonbeams, and running after notes of music. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others There they stood, the moonbeams, broken by the overshadowing trees, coming down in dappled spots upon the chargers and their iron-looking riders: carved centaurs could not be more immovable. The Buccaneer A Tale Ah—this that swam down like a first moonbeam Into my world! Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning Fountains threw jets of water into the air, caught the moonbeams, and fell again into their basins in showers of molten silver. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls His face, dimly seen in the shadows of the plantation, was suddenly illuminated by a pale quivering moonbeam, as they passed through a slight opening. The New Tenant On they were taken; as they approached it, perceiving a face inside, pale as the moonbeams that played upon it. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley It's only a little fit of dreaming; they must have been sleeping in the moonbeams.... The Blue Bird for Children The Wonderful Adventures of Tyltyl and Mytyl in Search of Happiness For some time the hunters thus continued to deliberate; meanwhile the moonbeams began to fall more obliquely, and already a part of the tops of the trees were in shadow. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora That it was a comparatively new building he could see; the moonbeams falling full on it showed that the stone of which it was built was fresh and unstained by time or smoke. The Chestermarke Instinct Benevola, Queen of the Good Fairies, disguised herself as a moonbeam, which can go into any palace and no questions asked. The Magic World Come, wander with me, for the moonbeams are bright On river and forest, o'er mountain and lea. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature "No," said the Cat, who saw the real Blue Bird perched high up on a moonbeam.... The Blue Bird for Children The Wonderful Adventures of Tyltyl and Mytyl in Search of Happiness Now, to theorise about men is seldom very satisfactory; but to theorise about women is to weigh gossamer and measure moonbeams. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century As moonbeam on a mountain-mere The Mother's face was white; Her eyes were stars, and every tear Gave lustre to their light. A Christmas Faggot Whereupon the little red spot you may have seen for yourself, came into her pale cheek, and a soft look like a flitting moonbeam crept into her eyes. The Rough Road I see them on their winding way, About their ranks the moonbeams play. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature A moonbeam was shining full upon the big iron ring. Le Petit Chose (part 1) Histoire d'un Enfant The moonbeams were pouring a flood of light through the east windows and he could see plainly. The Doomsman Pass gently by, O moonbeam; pass gently by, lest you awaken her.’” The Mouse and The Moonbeam Allusions to moonbeams and clouds do not emphasize the sense of my affliction: they carry my soul beyond affliction's narrow actuality. The World I Live In In ten minutes Rebecca found herself once more upon the dark, still river, watching the slippery writhings of the moonbeams' path. The Panchronicon After that the sweet moonbeams seemed to be full of those words. The End of a Coil In the breast of the corpse was buried a dagger, of which the golden hilt sparkled in the moonbeams. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. See how the tawny rock turns to silver beneath the moonbeams! A Victor of Salamis All was quiet, but by a stray moonbeam he perceived that one end of the church, already boarded, was full of mosquito curtains, and they as full of sleeping Chinamen. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak Ridokanaki sometimes compared her to a ray of sunshine, and her sister to a moonbeam. The Twelfth Hour Then they turned another corner, and a few steps ahead of them saw the light from a window making a strip of illumination across the street, which here was unvisited by the moonbeams. The End of a Coil They would feel like moonbeams, and we should be surrounded with an atmosphere as frosty as that of the icebergs of the frigid zone. Hannibal Makers of History There the cab bells tinkled all night, market wagons rumbled through till dawn, and the moonbeams revealed drunken revellers after “closing time.” The Seven Secrets Carey inquired, bending forward to watch the play of light on the silvery waters, unconscious of the play of moonbeams on his silvery hair. Winning the Wilderness He went along down the road, his swinging step light as the shimmer of a moonbeam across a spangled pool. The Wall Between The Pipes of Pan were calling, and up in the aisles of the hills moonbeams slyly sought and found bare-limbed dryads darting from the eagerness of wooing fauns. The Orchard of Tears On the right hand there hung a crucifix, and the moonbeams gently illuminated the cross with its burden. Border Ghost Stories Of these—rabbits, wolves, animals only to be guessed—there were many, like potential phantoms quickened by the touch of the moonbeams. Desert Dust There’s no middle tone,” Leigh said, looking at the sparkling moonbeams reflected on the face of the lake and the darkness of the shadowed surface beyond them. Winning the Wilderness But the moon in such a case is practically invisible, and yields no appreciable moonbeams at all, misty or otherwise. The Story of the Heavens In the light of the candle which contended with the moonbeams Hannah's wrinkled face looked witchlike as she bent over the bed. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk “I see the play of the moonbeams, my love, and nothing more.” Fairy Book They were near the further end of the Quai where the crowd was thinnest and the play of moonbeam and shadow most alluring. A Woman's Will Then were Mars, the fierce and warlike, And Apollo, for the poets, With Diana, his twin sister, Who sat on the silent moonbeam, Chaste, enchanting in her meekness. A Leaf from the Old Forest We are not inclined to doubt that the night was misty, nor as to whether the moonbeams had to struggle into visibility; the question at issue is a much more fundamental one. The Story of the Heavens Then as they were aware of the silence of the night, wrapping everything in its somber robe, slashed here and there with insertions of gleaming moonbeams, their hearts beat higher with hope. The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X A stray moonbeam fell upon the spot where he had seen the clothes on his former visit. The Rider of Waroona A thought flashed across his mind, and his eye sparkled in the moonbeam, as brightly as did the Captain's sword, which he still held in his hand. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 Smit by the sunbeams, or rather by the moonbeams, of self-discovery, the Sphinx of modern times will reveal in weird and superhuman music the mystery of her existence. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) The moonbeams glittered and danced on the waves in the wake of the steamer, and the rays touched the snow on the hills with diamond sparks. Shawn of Skarrow Meanwhile the vessel had come so near that they could count all her sails in the bright moonbeams; then she tacked and began to recede. The Corsair King Just when the stars came out at night And moonbeams filled the earth with light, Down from his perch this little elf Would jump and wander by himself. Poems for Pale People A Volume of Verse The moonbeams shone directly upon the rider's face as Ross thrust his head out of the window. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Precipices hemmed us in on every side; and here and there a huge fragment of rock, standing like a petrified giant, its summit gleaming white in the moonbeams, barred our way. Werwolves I have gazed on thee with a fond delight In childhood's happier day, And watched the moonbeams of a summer night Through thy quivering branches play. Enthusiasm and Other Poems The cabin was only faintly lit by a moonbeam which found its way through the porthole. Uncanny Tales The tamarind and the acacia grew there; the moonbeams streamed over the temples of Mahomet. The Sand-Hills of Jutland She forced herself to this effort, and lifted her eyes, wild and haggard with fear, and there, the moonbeams at his feet, the tall black screen behind him, she saw Paul de Sénanges. A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales All was as he had pictured it—grim and hushed, and bathed in moonbeams. Werwolves The moonbeams were shining full into the room, and they touched his dark head, and lit up his young mother's fair face. The Children of Wilton Chase Above, the wood, and interspersed knolls, Made greener by the pat of fairy feet And dancing moonbeams, fringe the rugged knees Of scarred and bronz�d heights whose wind-notched crests Look grandly down. Chronicles of Strathearn Small spiders spun gold threads around it—hung up waving veils and flags so finely worked, shining so snow-white under the moonbeams, that my eyes were quite dazzled. The Sand-Hills of Jutland She tried to raise her head and to look toward the place where the moonbeams marked bright lines upon the polished floor, which lost themselves at the foot of the Japanese screen. A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales Mr. Anderson waited till the steps were just outside the room and then flung open the door, but the light from his acetylene lamp revealed a passage full of moonbeams—nothing else. Werwolves We are given a picture of Mrs. Kellow at work: "Mrs. Kellow's best efforts are made in the evening, and in darkness, save the light of the moonbeams on the keys of her piano." The Merry-Go-Round All nature seemed of one gray or shadowy hue—silvery where the moonbeams fell. Vixen, Volume I. A single moonbeam straggled through the slatted window, and by its light he saw a spider spinning out a web. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation I like moonlight, it's so pretty, and the moonbeams look ghostly and fairylike. When the Birds Begin to Sing If I were to be nailed here for ever, I could not well spare the moonbeams from my prison! Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Slowly he moves back into the bright moonbeams and she follows part way. Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier The first of these was a tall, stately woman, with hair which glistened in the moonbeams like silver, braided back from a face of which age had not destroyed the majestic beauty. Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History So fast and furiously he worked that, long before the moonbeam faded, his cobweb rope was strong enough to bear his weight, and long enough to reach twice over to the slatted window overhead. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation She turns out of sight of the bungalow, with its cheerful light, and reaches the rock, on which the moonbeams play. When the Birds Begin to Sing And as she turned again, there, upon the waters out in the offing, glimmered a light, curtseying with the swell of the waves; the sails of a ship caught the moonbeams. The Light of Scarthey Here and there among them swift gleams, like silver streaks, are plainly seen, as the moonbeams glint on armlet or bracelet, or the nickel plating on their gaudy trappings. Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier The face was very white in the moonbeams, the eyes very sad and dark, and darker still the wealth of waving hair that floated over the shoulders. As We Sweep Through The Deep The moonbeams depicted every grey stone overgrown with moss and ivy, and the rank weeds choking the apertures which once had been windows. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls “My own music is like nothing in the world except the sound of a shimmering moonbeam.” The Tale of Chirpy Cricket I came home at midnight, and there she was standing at the gate, white and slim and pretty as though she was a moonbeam. Girls of the Forest The little mound lay in the soft brightness of clear moonbeams. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim The moonbeams shone on Jack alone now; his sister had stolen into the shadow to hide her blushes. As We Sweep Through The Deep I could not see his face, but hers, on which the moonbeams fell, was pained, half-frightened, impatient. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls He dares the light the moonbeams make And danger courts for my poor sake. Indian Legends of Minnesota Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same; and Linton's is as different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from fire.' Emily Brontë A moonbeam, finding its way through a rift in the boughs and falling on her face, showed him that she was very pale. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 He held her hand a moment there, the moonbeams shining on both. As We Sweep Through The Deep The bright moonbeams, streaming into the room, partially illuminated the picture, and gave it a strange air of reality. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Her gaze that seemed to pierce his inmost thought, Keen as the ready knife her hand had sought, And through the open door the slant moonbeams Smiting the sleeper's face awaked him not. Indian Legends of Minnesota They have gone to be seen of men no more; But oft on a shadowy hill, Or the crest of a wave where the moonbeams pour, They are watching around you still. Heart Utterances at Various Periods of a Chequered Life At the sound of his voice all the lanterns were brought to the edge of the grave, and we looked down into the hole, which the bright moonbeams did not reach. A Queen's Error As she entered, dressed in a white tea gown of chiffon and lace, she looked like a moonbeam, and as if no mortal indisposition had ever brushed her in passing. Black Oxen Before him was the screen: the chamber was filled with the watery moonbeams. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 He took his way along pathways where the moonbeams strayed. Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations Hastening our pace to get a nearer view, we saw she had a slim waist and fair hair in which the moonbeams played prettily. The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche And Child Life in Town and Country In its yellow light mingled with the clear moonbeams, I looked upon the face, and my heart gave a great leap of thankfulness. A Queen's Error The clouds suddenly opened on the distant horizon, and a moonbeam danced about him. The Goose Man This warmer light mingles itself with the cold spirituality of the moonbeams, and communicates, as it were, a heart and sensibilities of human tenderness to the forms which fancy summons up. The Scarlet Letter A silk embroidered coverlet was drawn over her, and it too seemed to have been spun from moonbeams. Hunters Out of Space She wore a silk mantle trimmed with lace, very neat and proper, and on her feet light shoes, the buckles of which caught the moonbeams. The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche And Child Life in Town and Country The moonbeam shone full upon the page as she scrawled with great trepidation the word "Thine." Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 An errant moonbeam came straggling in between a break in the screen of vines and lighted up her face, looking up into his, flooding it with a sort of holy wistfulness. Stubble The same sail, the same cloudless sky and large moon; but we were going only five knots, with a quiet, rippling sea, on which the moonbeams danced. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life |
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