 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 - 1864 - 584 pages
...about the sacred hill; " Mystical dance! which yonder starry sphere 620 " Of planets, and of fixed, in all her wheels " Resembles nearest; mazes intricate,...regular " Then most, when most irregular they seem; " And, in their motions, harmony divine " So smooths her charming tons, that God's own ear " Listens... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 708 pages
...dance about the sacred hill; Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere Of planets, and of li •-.':!, 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.... | |
 | 1909 - 386 pages
...the angels is (PL 5. 620 ff.) a Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere Of planets and of fixed in all her wheels Resembles nearest ; mazes intricate,...yet regular Then most when most irregular they seem; And in their motions harmony divine So smooths her charming tones that God's own ear Listens delighted.... | |
 | 1866 - 410 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...wheels Resembles nearest, mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolv'd, yet regular Then most, when most irregular they seem ; And in their motions harmony divine... | |
 | Rev. Henry Greene - 1866 - 496 pages
...apparent complexity the most perfect harmony. " Yonder starry sphere Of planets and of fixed in all their wheels, Resembles nearest mazes intricate, Eccentric,...regular Then most when most irregular they seem." Seeing, then, the admirable order and beautiful regularity of the material universe, we might expect,... | |
 | John Milton - 1866 - 394 pages
...they spent In song and dance about the sacred hill, Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere 620 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... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 474 pages
...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,...yet regular Then most when most irregular they seem j And in their motions harmony divine So smooths her charming tones, that God's own ear Listens delighted."... | |
 | 1867 - 556 pages
...and dance aliout the sacred hill ; Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere Of planets and of fixed in all her wheels Resembles nearest, mazes intricate,...intervolved, yet regular Then most, when most irregular they seen., And in their motions harmony divine So smooths her charming tones, that (Sod's own eai Listens... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 472 pages
...about the sacred hill, Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere 353 Of planets and of fired in ill her wheels Resembles nearest, mazes intricate, Eccentric,...yet regular Then most when most irregular they seem ; And in their motions harmony divine So smooths her charming tone*, that God's own ear Listen* delighted."... | |
 | William Leete Stone - 1868 - 408 pages
...dance," presenting to the eye, as in Milton's beautiful description of the dances of the angels — ' Mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most, when most irregular they seem.' The illustrious chieftain himself did not hesitate to countenance the elegant amusement by participation,... | |
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