Barry Cornwall.
The fable of Endymion's amours with Diana, or the Moon, arises from his knowledge of astronomy: and as he passed the night
on some high mountain, to observe the heavenly bodies, it has been reported that he was courted by the Moon.
————————"Oh! woodland Queen,
What smoothest air, thy smoother forehead woos?
Where dost thou listen to the wide halloos
Of thy departed nymphs? Through what dark tree
Glimmers thy crescent? Whatsoe'er it be
'Tis in the breath of Heaven: thou dost taste
Freedom, as none can taste it, nor dost waste