The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #65237   Message #1073702
Posted By: EBarnacle
16-Dec-03 - 10:49 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: When/what was the wreck of the Hesperus'
Subject: RE: Folklore: When/what was the wreck of the Hesperus'
"Last night the moon had a golden ring
and tonight no moon we see."

Interesting to compare with the similar lines:

"...I saw the old moon late yestereen,
With old moon in her arm."

Is it possible that Longfellow was being [consciously or otherwise] derivative?