The agreeable eye

an eudæmonistarchives

More specifically concerning: moonlight

moonlit folly

14 February 2021, around 5.38.

Rebecca West, apostate of romantic love.

lunatic

11 August 2024, around 20.40.

Night is fair virtue’s immemorial friend; The conscious moon, through every distant age, Has held a lamp to wisdom, and let fall, On contemplation’s eye, her purging ray. (V.177–180) * * * Were moon, and stars, for villains only made? To guide, yet screen them, with tenebrious light? (IX.964f.) —Edward Young (Night Thoughts)1)Consistency, hobgoblins, etc. [↩]

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