...dark,' even as Homer and Tennyson saw ' The Btars about the moon Look beautiful, when all the winds arc laid, And every height comes out, and jutting peak...immeasurable heavens Break open to their highest." 1 Shelley, The Waning Moon. I I append two Figures l illustrating the origin of the terms Caput and...

...admiration at the splendid scene. Who has not looked up to the celestial vault on a calm, bright night, when "the immeasurable heavens break open to their highest, and all the stars shine," and said to himself, "What are these far-off lights?" Are they worlds similar to our own, or merely lights...

...Tennyson . And these all night upon the bridge of war Sat glorying ; many a fire before them blazed : As when in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful,...stars Shine, and the shepherd gladdens in his heart : So many a fire between the ships and stream Of Xanthus blazed before the towers of Troy, A thousand...

...war Sat glorying ; many a fire before them blazed : As when in heaven the stars about the moon l»ok beautiful, when all the winds are laid, And every...stars Shine, and the Shepherd gladdens in his heart : So many a fire between the ships and stream Of Xanthus blazed before the towers of Troy, A thousand...

...Tennyson . And these all night upon the bridge of war Sat glorying ; many a fire before them blazed : As when in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful,...peak And valley, and the immeasurable heavens Break opcu to their highest, and all the stars Shine, ami the shepherd gladdens iu his heart : So many a...

...repose of the heavens and what is really taking place among the star depths. On a calm, clear night — When all the winds are laid, And every height comes...the immeasurable heavens Break open to their highest — the stars seem set as emblems of eternal fixity and rest. As such they have been regarded in all...

...that their fathers had once herded their flocks together, watched the rising and setting of the sun, and the " immeasurable heavens break open to their highest, and all the stars shine " ?' Perhaps the future historian of the bitter conflict between religion and science may be able to...

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...TENNYSON. And these all night upon the bridge * of war Sat glorying ; many a fire before them blazed. As when in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful,...stars Shine, and the shepherd gladdens in his heart : So many a fire between the ships and stream Of Xanthus blazed before the towers of Troy, A thousand...