Philip Birnbaum (1904–1988) American translator and writer
Daily Prayer Book (1949) p.562
Song lyrics, The Kick Inside (1978)
Context: Soon it will be the phase of the moon
When people tune in.
Every girl knows about the punctual blues,
But who's to know the power behind our moves?
Philip Birnbaum (1904–1988) American translator and writer
Daily Prayer Book (1949) p.562
“A church full of singing, out of tune
Everyone's gone to the moon”
Jonathan King (1944) English singer, songwriter, impresario, record producer and film director
Song: Everyone's gone to the Moon
“Cheap little rhymes
A cheap little tune
Are sometimes as dangerous
As a sliver of the moon.”
Langston Hughes (1902–1967) American writer and social activist
“Let the air strike our tune,
Whilst we show reverence to yond peeping moon.”
The Witch (1616), Act v. Sc. 2. "I ’ll charm the air to give a sound, While you perform your antic round", Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act iv. Sc. 1.
“You are the sun, I am the moon.
You are the words, I am the tune.
Play me.”
Neil Diamond (1941) American singer-songwriter
Play Me
Song lyrics, Moods (1972)
“The yellow moon turned orange and was soon red as the setting sun.”
Joseph Heller book Catch-22
Source: Catch-22 (1961), pp. 462
“The three-toed tree-toad
Sings his sweet ode
To the moon;
The funny bunny
And his honey
Trip in tune.”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) United States writer
Nocturne http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/3078.html
“Blot out the moon,
Pull down the stars.
Love in the dark, for we're for the dark
So soon, so soon.”
Jean Rhys book Wide Sargasso Sea
Source: Wide Sargasso Sea
Tanith Lee book East of Midnight
Source: East of Midnight (1977), Chapter 2, “Full Moon” (p. 24; often repeated)