| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 4374 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Percy (17291811) |
| QUOTATION: | Late, late yestreen I saw the new moone, Wi the auld moon in hir arme. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Sir Patrick Spens. |
| | Note 1. I saw the new moon late yestreen, Wi the auld moon in her arm. From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. [back] |
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