the earth, which is in darkness and gloom! i will change the sister into a moon, and her brother into a sun. and so shall she ever escape him, yet will he ever catch her with his light, which shall fall on her from afar; for the rays of the sun are his hands, which reach forth with burning grasp, yet which are ever eluded."
and thus it is said that this race begins anew with the first of every month, when the moon being cold, is covered with as many coats as an onion. but while the race is being run, as the moon becomes warm she casts off one 