“And weave fine cobwebs, fit for skull
That's empty when the moon is full;
Such as take lodgings in a head
That's to be let unfurnished.”
Canto I, line 159
Source: Hudibras, Part I (1663–1664)
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“The moon, full orbed, forsakes her watery cave,
And lifts her lovely head above the wave…”
Da Lua os claros raios rutilavam...
Stanza 58 line 1 (as translated by William Julius Mickle). Compare:
As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night,
Over heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light...
Homer, The Iliad, VIII. 551–555 (tr. Alexander Pope)
Epic poetry, Os Lusíadas (1572), Canto I
Variant: You have to know when to prod and when to be quiet, when to let things take their course.
Source: The Secret Life of Bees
Source: I Know This Much Is True
Source: Reflections on the Human Condition (1973), p. 54 of a 1974 edition
“When Woman comes at me
do I let her take the bridle,
or turn away the head?”
Control: A translation (1974)