To God's eternal house direct the way; A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold And pavement stars, as stars to thee appear, Seen in the galaxy, that milky way, Which nightly, as a circling zone, thou seest Powder'd with stars. The Guide to Knowledge - Page 36edited by - 1833Full view - About this book
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 526 pages
...he through heaven, That open'd wide her blazing portals, led To God's eternal house direct the way ; A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold And pavement stars, as stars to the appear, Seen in the galaxy, that milky way, Which nightly, as a circling zone, thou... | |
| 1840 - 460 pages
...open to the Thunderer's abode." And Milton, in his "Paradise Lost," alludes to it in these lines: " A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold, And pavement stars, as stars to us appear ; Seen in the galaxy that Milky Way, Like to a circling zone powdered with stars."... | |
| John Milton - 1841 - 556 pages
...heaven, 575 " That open'd wide her blazing portals, led " To God's eternal house direct the way ; " A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold, " And pavement stars, as stars to thee appear " Seen in the galaxy, — that milky way 580 " Which nightly, as a circling... | |
| John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...he through Heaven, That oprn'd wide her blazing ponáis, led To God's eternal house direct the way; dlock-bound To a fell adversar)*, his hate or shame ; Which in as stars to thee appear, Seen in the galaxy, that milky way, U'hieh nightly, as a circling zone, thou... | |
| John Milton - 1841 - 492 pages
...through heaven, " That open'd wide her blazing portals, led " To God's eternal house direct the way ; " A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold, " And pavement stars, as stars to thee appear " Seen in the galaxy, — that milky way ; " Which nightly, as a circling zone,... | |
| Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - 1842 - 344 pages
...the road Lies open to the Thunderer's abode." Milton alludes to this, in the following lines : — "A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold, And pavement, stars, as stars to thee appear, Seen in the Galaxy, that Milky- Way, Which nightly, as a circling zone, thou... | |
| John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...he, through heaven, That open'd wide her blazing portals, led To God's eternal house direct the way ; A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold, And pavement stars, as stars to thee appear, Seen in the galaxy, that milky way Which nightly, as a circling zone, thou... | |
| William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843 - 604 pages
...appearance which is termed nebulous, — a term which will have to be frequently employed hereafter. " A broad and ample road whose dust is gold And pavement stars, as stars to us appear Seen in the galaxy, that milky way Like to a circling zone, powdered with stars."... | |
| Samuel Porter (instrument maker.) - 1843 - 96 pages
...others double, which seems to encompass the heavens like a swath. It is thus described by MILTON — " A broad and ample road ! whose dust is gold, And pavement stars, as stars to us appear Seen in the galaxy, that milky-way." And by I)RYDEN, from Ovid — " A way there... | |
| John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pages
...he through Heaven, That open'd wide her blazing portals, led To God's eternal house direct the way ; uh as stars to thee appear, Seen in the galaxy, that milky way, Which nightly, as a circling zone, thou... | |
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