[
  {
    "title": "The Moon",
    "author": "Henry David Thoreau",
    "lines": [
      "Time wears her not; she doth his chariot guide;",
      "Mortality below her orb is placed.",
      "--Raleigh",
      "",
      "The full-orbed moon with unchanged ray",
      "Mounts up the eastern sky,",
      "Not doomed to these short nights for aye,",
      "But shining steadily.",
      "",
      "She does not wane, but my fortune,",
      "Which her rays do not bless,",
      "My wayward path declineth soon,",
      "But she shines not the less.",
      "",
      "And if she faintly glimmers here,",
      "And paled is her light,",
      "Yet alway in her proper sphere",
      "She's mistress of the night."
    ],
    "linecount": "15"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Moon",
    "author": "Robert Louis Stevenson",
    "lines": [
      "The moon has a face like the clock in the hall;",
      "She shines on thieves on the garden wall,",
      "On streets and fields and harbour quays,",
      "And birdies asleep in the forks of the trees.",
      "",
      "The squalling cat and the squeaking mouse,",
      "The howling dog by the door of the house,",
      "The bat that lies in bed at noon,",
      "All love to be out by the light of the moon.",
      "",
      "But all of the things that belong to the day",
      "Cuddle to sleep to be out of her way;",
      "And flowers and children close their eyes",
      "Till up in the morning the sun shall arise."
    ],
    "linecount": "12"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Moon",
    "author": "William Topaz McGonagall",
    "lines": [
      "Beautiful Moon, with thy silvery light,",
      "Thou seemest most charming to my sight;",
      "As I gaze upon thee in the sky so high,",
      "A tear of joy does moisten mine eye.",
      "",
      "Beautiful Moon, with thy silvery light,",
      "Thou cheerest the Esquimau in the night;",
      "For thou lettest him see to harpoon the fish,",
      "And with them he makes a dainty dish.",
      "",
      "Beautiful Moon, with thy silvery light,",
      "Thou cheerest the fox in the night,",
      "And lettest him see to steal the grey goose away",
      "Out of the farm-yard from a stack of hay.",
      "",
      "Beautiful Moon, with thy silvery light,",
      "Thou cheerest the farmer in the night,",
      "and makes his heart beat high with delight",
      "As he views his crops by the light in the night.",
      "",
      "Beautiful Moon, with thy silvery light,",
      "Thou cheerest the eagle in the night,",
      "And lettest him see to devour his prey",
      "And carry it to his nest away.",
      "",
      "Beautiful Moon, with thy silvery light,",
      "Thou cheerest the mariner in the night",
      "As he paces the deck alone,",
      "Thinking of his dear friends at home.",
      "",
      "Beautiful Moon, with thy silvery light,",
      "Thou cheerest the weary traveller in the night;",
      "For thou lightest up the wayside around",
      "To him when he is homeward bound.",
      "",
      "Beautiful Moon, with thy silvery light,",
      "Thou cheerest the lovers in the night",
      "As they walk through the shady groves alone,",
      "Making love to each other before they go home.",
      "",
      "Beautiful Moon, with thy silvery light,",
      "Thou cheerest the poacher in the night;",
      "For thou lettest him see to set his snares",
      "To catch the rabbit and the hares."
    ],
    "linecount": "36"
  }
]