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 fixed in all her wheels Resembles nearest; mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most... On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences - Page 29by Mary Somerville - 1835 - 493 pagesFull view - About this book
| R C. Shimeall - 1842 - 404 pages
...manifestly the true " method of nature" in all her works. It is indeed, to human reason inextricable ; -" Mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular, Then most, when most irregular they seem." 1 Still, this philosopher finds, " even in the commencement of the sacred history," that " there is... | |
| John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...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,...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.... | |
| Friedrich Schiller - 1844 - 454 pages
...still, still so, and own No other function " — and in the " Paradise Lost," " Mystical dance ! — -Mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular, Then most, when most irregular they seem." Der Philosophische Egoist, p. 110. Something of the same thought with that of this poem occurs in Faust:... | |
| Samuel Noble - 1845 - 564 pages
...and dance ubout the sacred hill ; Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere Of planets, and of 6xed, in all her wheels, Resembles nearest ; mazes intricate,...yet regular Then most, when most irregular they seem : And in their motions, Harmony divine Bo smooths her charming tones, that God's own ear Listens delighted."•... | |
| Mary Somerville - 1846 - 496 pages
...system endures, or is undisturbed by foreign causes. " Yonder starry sphere Of planets and of fix'd, in all her wheels Resembles nearest mazes intricate,...says Professor Playfair, " that must render the name forever memorable in science, and revered by those who delight in the contemplation of whatever is... | |
| Mary Somerville - 1846 - 496 pages
...planets and of fix'd, in all her wheels Resembles nearest mazes iatricate, Ecceatric, iatervolved, yet regular, Then most, when most irregular they seem."...says Professor Playfair, " that must render the name forever memorable in science, and revered by those who delight in the contemplation of whatever is... | |
| 1846 - 698 pages
...song and dance about the sacred hill ; Mystical dance, which yonder sphere, Of planets and of fixed, in all her wheels, Resembles nearest, mazes intricate. Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular The most when most irregular they seem ; And in their motions harmony divine So smooths her charming... | |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1847 - 360 pages
...dance about the sacred hill ; Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere, Of planets and of fixed, in all her wheels, Resembles nearest, mazes intricate. Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular The most when most irregular they seem ; And in their motions harmony divine So smooths her charming... | |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1847 - 366 pages
...dance about the sacred hill ; Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere, Of planets and of fixed, in all her wheels, Resembles nearest, mazes intricate. Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular The most when most irregular they seem ; And in their motions harmony divine So smooths her charming... | |
| John Milton, Edward Young - 1848 - 600 pages
...dance about the sacred hill ; Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere 625 Of planets, and of fix'd, in all her wheels Resembles nearest, mazes intricate,...yet regular Then most, when most irregular they seem ; And in their motions harmony divine 630 (For we have also our evening and our morn, We ours for change... | |
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