..." Won't you repeat them, Mr Rodney?" "I do not recollect them all myself, Gracie. They begin — ' When I survey the bright Celestial sphere, So rich...mysteries to read In the large volumes of the skies.' I was thinking of the many efforts men have made to find physical means of sailing through this forty...

...beginning of a poem of Habington's : " When I survey the bright celestial sphere So rich with jewels bung that night Doth like an Ethiop bride appear, My soul...flies, The Almighty's mysteries to read In the large volume of the skies ! " This should stand as follows : "When I sarvey the bright Celestial sphere,"...

...fail to recognize our old favorites. Here is the beginning of a poem of Ilabington's : " When I snrvey the bright celestial sphere So rich with jewels hung that night Doth like an Ethlop bride appear. My soul her wings doth spread, and heavenward flies, The Almighty's mysteries...

...^Ethiop bride appeare. My foule her wings doth fpread And heaven-ward flies, Th' Almighty's Myfteries to read In the large volumes of the skies. For the bright firmament Shootes forth no flame So filent, but is eloquent In fpeaking the Creators name. No unregarded ftar...

...Clarke. 64. He] (Qx) Rowe. A QqFf. SING. (ed. 2). This same thought probably suggested to Habington: ' So rich with jewels hung, that night Doth like an Ethiop bride appear.' 54. an antic face] DEL. Tybalt refers to the mask which Romeo had donned, a grinning face such as merry-andrews...

...(Johns.) 64. He} (Q,) Rowe. A QqFf. SING. (ed. 2). This same thought probably suggested to Habington : ' So rich with jewels hung, that night Doth like an Ethiop bride appear.' 54. an antic face] DEL. Tybalt refers to the mask which Romeo had donned, a grinning face such as merry-andrews...

...DIED 1654. Nox nocti indieat scientiam. THE FIBMAMENT. WHEN I survay the bright Celestiall spheare ; So rich with jewels hung, that night Doth like an Ethiop bride appeare, My soule her wings doth spread, And heavenward flies The Almighty's mysteries to read In the...

...jtrtigment, ana in pUntg ot justite ; Ije totll not afflitt .— JOB, xxxvii. 23. 77/fi FIRMAMENT. £HEN I survey the bright Celestial sphere, So rich with...unregarded star Contracts its light Into so small a character Removed far from our human sight But if we steadfast look, We shall discern In it," as in...

...man must be fed. THOMAS CARLYLE. NIGHT SHOWETH KNOWLEDGE. 1EN I survey the bright Celestial sphefe, So rich with jewels hung, that night Doth like an...firmament Shoots forth no flame So silent, but is eloquent , speaking the Creator's name. No unregarded star Contracts its light Into so small a character, Remov'd...

...passionless, broad, placid, and serene, as the full Nile." CHAPTER XXII. FLOATING FROM THE TROPICS. When I survey the bright Celestial sphere, So rich...soul her wings doth spread, And heavenward flies The almightiness to meet In the large volume of the skies. * * * * We shall discern In it, as in some holy...