Time's TelescopeSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1833 - Almanacs, English |
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Dread symbol of the sacred tree ; Bright stars its hallowed form emboss , And
sparkle through infinity . The starry Lyre ! the starry Lyre ! Circling with harmony
the pole ; By seraphs swept , the notes aspire , And round Heaven's burning Altar
roll ...
Dread symbol of the sacred tree ; Bright stars its hallowed form emboss , And
sparkle through infinity . The starry Lyre ! the starry Lyre ! Circling with harmony
the pole ; By seraphs swept , the notes aspire , And round Heaven's burning Altar
roll ...
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With our earth a star in the tail of the lesser Bear is nearly immoveable , because
the earth's axis of rotation points to it , and it is on this account called the polar
star ; the stars in the belt of Orion , with others equally distant from the pole ,
appear ...
With our earth a star in the tail of the lesser Bear is nearly immoveable , because
the earth's axis of rotation points to it , and it is on this account called the polar
star ; the stars in the belt of Orion , with others equally distant from the pole ,
appear ...
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In the year 687 , B. C. , we find recorded a night without stars and without clouds ;
and that towards midnight , there fell a shower of stars , which vanished before
they approached the earth . 141 , B.C. The sun and moon appeared of a deep
red ...
In the year 687 , B. C. , we find recorded a night without stars and without clouds ;
and that towards midnight , there fell a shower of stars , which vanished before
they approached the earth . 141 , B.C. The sun and moon appeared of a deep
red ...
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