That day, as other solemn days, they spent In song and dance about the sacred hill ; Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere Of planets, and of fix'd, in all her wheels Resembles nearest, mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most,... Mechanism of the Heavens - Page xvby Mary Somerville - 1831 - 621 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Milton - 1833 - 438 pages
...day, as other solemn days, they spent In song and dance about the sacred hill; Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere Of planets, and of fix'd, in...wheels Resembles nearest, mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolv'd, yet regular Then most, when most irregular they seem; And in their motions harmony divine... | |
| Mary Somerville - 1834 - 666 pages
...starry sphere Of planets, and of fixed, in all her wheels Resembles nearest mazes intricate, Kccentric, intervolved, yet regular, Then most, when most irregular they seem. The stability of our system waa established by La Grange : ' a discovery,' says Professor Playfair, ' that must render the name... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 pages
...day, as other solemn days, they spent In song and dance about the sacred hill ; Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere Of planets, and of fix'd, in all her wheels » orbes , le PÈRE infini , près duquel était assis le » FILS dans le sein de la Béatitude , parla... | |
| John Milton - 1837 - 524 pages
...autres jours solennels, « iU l'employèrent en chants et en danses autour L. Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere Of planets, and of fix'd, in...yet regular Then most, when most irregular they seem ; And in their motions harmony divine So smoothes her charming tones, that God's own ear Listens delighted.... | |
| 1837 - 808 pages
...through the firmament ¡—like the stars, too, in their revolutions, presenting to the uninitiated eye " Mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular, Then most when most irregular they seem." Paradise Lost, book vii. Meanwhile the mechanism, like that of the heavens, all perfect in its parts,... | |
| 1837 - 590 pages
...through the firmament; — like the stars, too, in their revolutions, presenting to the uninitiated eye " Mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular, Then most when most irregular they seem." PARADISE LOST, book vii. Meanwhile the mechanism, like that of the heavens, all perfect in its parts,... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 470 pages
...day, as other solemn days, they spent In song and dance about the sacred hill ; Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere Of planets, and of fix'd, in all her wheels » orbes, le PÈRE infini , près duquel était assis le » FILS dans le sein de la Béatitude , parla... | |
| John Milton - 1837 - 426 pages
...day, as other solemn days, they spent In song and dance about the sacred hill ; Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere Of planets, and of fix'd, in all her wheels » orbes, le PÈRE infini , près duquel était assis le » FILS dans le sein de la Béatitude , parla... | |
| Mrs. L. H. Tyler - 1837 - 302 pages
...student will no longer hesitate admitting it among the articles of his astronomical belief. Thus, " Yonder starry sphere Of planets, and of fix'd, in all her wheels, Resemble nearest, mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most, when most irregular... | |
| John Milton - 1838 - 518 pages
...they spent In song and dance about the sacred hill, Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere 020 Of planets and of fix'd in all her wheels Resembles nearest, mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolv'd, yet regular Then most, when most irregular they seem ; And in their motions harmony divine... | |
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