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61 Cygni ancient Andromeda Apollo Aquarius Aratus Arcturus Argo ARGO NAVIS Ariadne astronomical Bear beautiful Boötes bright brighter brilliant called Canopus Capella Capricornus Cassiopeia Castor celestial century CEPHEUS chariot cluster COMA BERENICES connection Cor Caroli Cross Cycnus Cygnus darkness earth east Egypt Egyptian equinox fancies glittering goat goddess golden Greek halcyon hath heaven heliacal rising Hercules Herschel Homer horizon horrid horse Hyades John Herschel Juno Jupiter king legend light LONGFELLOW lying Lyra lyre marked Milky Milton modern moon myth mythology nebula night Nile northern o'er objects Ophiuchus Orion Pegasus Perseus Phrixus Pleiades poet pole Pollux popular principal star Procyon queen represented SAGITTARIUS Saint Scorpion seems Seven stars shine Sirius soul splendor starry steeds story sun worship sun's sunrise tail telescope temples Tennyson thee Theseus thou tion universal URSA Virgo Wain winter zodiac zodiacal constellations
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Page 36 - But peaceful was the night Wherein the Prince of Light His reign of peace upon the earth began...
Page 70 - I am constant as the northern star, Of whose true-fix'd and resting quality There is no fellow in the firmament.
Page 18 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore: his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 121 - Many things Nokomis taught him Of the stars that shine in heaven; Showed him Ishkoodah, the comet, Ishkoodah, with fiery tresses; Showed the Death-Dance of the spirits, Warriors with their plumes and war-clubs...
Page 1 - O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers! Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth, in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. But thou thyself movest alone; who can be a companion of thy course!
Page xvi - WHEN I survey the bright Celestial sphere; So rich with jewels hung, that night Doth like an Ethiop bride appear: My soul her wings doth spread And heaven-ward flies, The Almighty's mysteries to read In the large volumes of the skies. For the bright firmament Shoots forth no flame So silent, but is eloquent In speaking the Creator's name.
Page 70 - And thou dost see them rise, Star of the Pole! and thou dost see them set. Alone, in thy cold skies, Thou keep'st thy old unmoving station yet, Nor join'st the dances of that glittering train, Nor dipp'st thy virgin orb in the blue western main.
Page 16 - QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright. Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose; Cynthia's shining orb was made Heaven to clear when day did close: Bless us then with wished sight, Goddess excellently bright. Lay thy bow of pearl apart And thy...
Page 19 - Only this is sure — the sight were other, Not the moon's same side, born late in Florence, Dying now impoverished here in London. God be thanked, the meanest of his creatures Boasts two soul-sides, one to face the world with, 185 One to show a woman when he loves her!
Page xii - ... and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.