Quote#Wisdom
Whenever the moon and stars are set
Quote byRobert Louis Stevenson · 1850–1894
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Child's Garden of Verses (1885), Windy Nights, st. 1..
English (original)
Whenever the moon and stars are set, Whenever the wind is high, All night long in the dark and wet, A man goes riding by. Late in the night when the fires are out, Why does he gallop and gallop about?
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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