| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 5427 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Moore (17791852) |
| QUOTATION: | The moon looks On many brooks, The brook can see no moon but this. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | While gazing on the Moons Light. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| | Note 1. This image was suggested by the following thought, which occurs somewhere in Sir William Joness Works: The moon looks upon many night-flowers; the night-flower sees but one moon. [back] |
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