| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 5427 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Moore (1779–1852) |
| QUOTATION: | The moon looks On many brooks, “The brook can see no moon but this.” 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | While gazing on the Moon’s Light. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Note 1. This image was suggested by the following thought, which occurs somewhere in Sir William Jones’s Works: “The moon looks upon many night-flowers; the night-flower sees but one moon.” [back] |
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