Representing the ancient myths about the celestial sphere, this image shows the lion and the unicorn as the opposing natural forces of the heavens–the sun and the moon. The sun’s fiery flares manifested into the lion’s fierce persona and wild orange mane. The unicorn was associated with the night. Observers of the night sky drew the form of the monoceros into the stars, and the curved spike of a crescent moon manifested into the unicorn’s horn.
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Elizabeth Pool
Dublin, N.H.: W.L. Bauhan, 1981
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays, John Hay Library