Dictionary Entry

moonshine

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈmuːnʃaɪn/Used In Literature ↓

The light of the moon; moonlight.

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Common Phrases

. moonshinewhiskey moonshinestill moonshinemoonshine mere

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Poetry examples for “moonshine”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

To guard your steps securely up, where streams
A faery moonshine washing pale the crowds
Of pointed stars. Remember not whereby

My heart was a-flutter ;
And the moonshine within me
Was tipping the gutter.

Out went the taper as she hurried in ;
Its little smoke, in pallid moonshine, died; 200
She closed the door, she panted, all akin

Out went the taper as she hurried in;
Its little smoke, in pallid moonshine, died: 200
She clos'd the door, she panted, all akin

And the sweet, tranquil Thames,
And moonshine, and the dew,
To thy rack'd heart and brain

Almost beyond recoil, on the dim brink
Of a hugh chasm I stept. The shadowy moonshine
Filling the void so counterfeited substance,

That exquisite nocturne, with which we explain
The night and moonshine; music which we seize
To body forth our vacuity."