...science began to bud. Listen to words which, though new, 185 are yet three thousand years old : "... When in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful,...jutting peak And valley, and the immeasurable heavens 190 Break open to their highest, and all the stars Shine, and the shepherd gladdens in his heart."...

...further comparison, Mr. Tennyson's translation of this same passage: "And these all night upon the ridge of war Sat glorying ; many a fire before them blazed...Look beautiful, when all the winds are laid And every hight comes out and jutting peak And valley, and the immeasurable heavens Break open to their highest,...

...further comparison, Mr. Tennyson's translation of this same passage: "And these all night upon the ridge of war Sat glorying ; many a fire before them blazed...moon Look beautiful, when all the winds are laid And etery hight comet out and jutting peak And valley, and the immeasurable heavent Break open to their...

...moon Look beautiful, when all the winds are laid And every Ught comet out and jutting peak And valky, and the immeasurable heavens Break open to their highest,...stars Shine and the shepherd gladdens in his heart ; So many a fire between the ships and stream Of Xanthus blazed before the towers of Troy, A thousand...

...further comparison, Mr. Tennyson's translation of this same passage: "And these all night upon the ridge of war Sat glorying ; many a fire before them blazed ; As when in heaven the stars about the mood* Look beautiful, when all the winds are laid And etery hight comes out and jutting peak And valley,...

...passage: "And these all night upon the ridge of war Sat glorying ; many a fire before them blazed i As when in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful, when all the winds are laid And etery hight anna out and jutting peak And valley, and the immeasurable heateni Break opeit to their...

...high in the heavens, brings to mind that magnificent passage in the Eighth Book of the ' Iliad ' :— The stars about the moon Look beautiful, when all...stars Shine, and the Shepherd gladdens in his heart. There is nothing in these lines which has special reference to autumn ; and yet somehow they seem to...

...his stately vision, throwing ' her silver mantle o'er the. dark,' even as Homer and Tennyson saw ' The stars about the moon Look beautiful, when all...immeasurable heavens Break open to their highest.' I append two Figures 1 illustrating the origin of the terms Caput and Cauda Draconis as applied to...

...from off the plaitf Roll'd the rich vapor far into the heaven. And these all night upon the * bridge of war Sat glorying ; many a fire before them blazed...heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful, when ail the winds are laid, And every height comes out, and jutting peak And valley, and the immeasurable...

...dark,' even as Homer and Tennyson saw ' The Btars about the moon Look beautiful, when all the winds arc laid, And every height comes out, and jutting peak...immeasurable heavens Break open to their highest." 1 Shelley, The Waning Moon. I I append two Figures l illustrating the origin of the terms Caput and...