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, Eccentrick, intervolved, yet regular Then most,... The Connection of the Physical Sciences - Page 20by Mary Somerville - 1834 - 356 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Milton - 1860 - 574 pages
...other solemn days, they spenl In song and dance about the sacred hill; Mystical dance, which ynd' r starry sphere Of planets and of fixed in all her wheels Resembles nearest, IIKI/.CS intric.ite, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most, when mixt irregular they seem,... | |
| Edward Hitchcock - 1860 - 400 pages
...permit, perform its eternal round. Just so it is with all the irregularities of the solar system. " Yonder starry sphere Of planets, and of fixed, in all her wheels, Ensembles nearest mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular; Then most, when most irregular... | |
| James Tod - 1873 - 776 pages
...each holding a musical instrument. " 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, ' Eccentrick, intervolvedj yet regular ' Then most, when most irregular they seem ; ' And in their... | |
| Archibald Tucker Ritchie - 1874 - 690 pages
...inclined to it at an angle of about 28° 27' 38"-25, will never coincide with the plane of the eclipticj so there never can be perpetual spring. The rotation...system endures, or is undisturbed by foreign causes."! "Henceforward, then," says Sir John Herschel, "in conformity with the Copernican view of our system,... | |
| John Milton, Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1874 - 608 pages
...they spent In song and dance about the sacred hill— Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere 620 Of planets and of fixed in all her wheels Resembles nearest; mazes intricate, Then most when most irregular they seem ; And in their motions harmony divine So smooths her charming... | |
| Thornley Smith - 1875 - 356 pages
...swing of the great pendulum which would certainly return again, and thus keep the system in order. " Yonder starry sphere Of planets, and of fixed, in...mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular, There most, where most irregular they seem." 2 Of all this the prophet was ignorant, but God was not... | |
| George Edmundson - 1885 - 242 pages
...That day, as other solemn days, they spent In song and dance about the sacred hillMystical dance which yonder starry sphere Of planets and of fixed in all...mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular The most when most irregular they seem ; And in their motions Harmony divine So smoothes her charming... | |
| Dante Alighieri - 1895 - 870 pages
...day, as other solemn days, they spent In song and dance about the sacred nil!, Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere Of planets and of fixed in all...wheels Resembles nearest, mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolvcd, yet regular Then most when most irregular they seem . And in their motions harmony divine... | |
| Dante Alighieri - 1895 - 376 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 fixed in all her wheels Kesembles nearest, mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most when most irregular... | |
| John Milton - 1897 - 654 pages
...they spent In song and dance about the saered hill — Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere 620 Of planets and of fixed in all her wheels Resembles nearest ; mazes intricate, Eeeentrie, intervolved, yet regular Then most when most irregular they seem ; And in their motions... | |
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