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Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising thro' the mellow shade Glitter like a swarm of fireflies tangled in a silver braid. - Lord Alfred Tennyson, Locksley Hall (l. 9) She saw the snowy poles and moons of Mars, That marvellous field of drifted light In mid Orion, and the married stars-- - Lord Alfred Tennyson, Palace of Art, unfinished lines withdrawn from later editions, appeared in foot-note to edition of 1833 But who can count the stars of Heaven? Who sing their influence on this lower world? - James Thomson (1), Seasons--Winter (l. 528) The twilight hours, like birds flew by, As lightly and as free; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand stars on the sea. For every wave with dimpled face That leap'd upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace And held it trembling there. - Mrs. Amelia Ball Welby (nee Coppuck), Musing--Twilight at Sea (st. 4) Shrines to burn earth's incense on, the altar-fires of heaven! - John Greenleaf Whittier The innumerable stars shining in order, like a living hymn written in light. - Nathaniel Parker Willis The stars are mansions built by nature's hand, And, haply, there the spirits of the blest, Dwell, clothed in radiance, their immortal rest. - William Wordsworth But he is risen, a later star of dawn. - William Wordsworth, A Morning Exercise You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies,-- What are you when the moon shall rise? - Sir Henry Wotton, On His Mistress, the Queen of Bohemia Heaven looks down on earth with all her eyes. - Edward Young The stars have fought their battles leagued with man. - Edward Young Who rounded in his palm these spacious orbs . . . . Numerous as glittering gems of morning dew, Or sparks from populous cities in a blaze, And set the bosom of old night on fire. - Edward Young, Night Thoughts (night IX, l. 1,260) One sun by day, by night ten thousand shine; And light us deep into the Deity; How boundless in magnificence and might. - Edward Young, Night Thoughts (night IX, l. 728) Hence Heaven looks down on earth with all her eyes. - Edward Young, Night Thoughts (night VII, l. 1,103) Displaying page 6 of 6 for this topic: << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 [6]
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