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
| James Henry - 1878 - 890 pages
...spirits elect bind their resplendent locks inwreathed with beams,'' and Had. 7. 577 (of the galaxy): •'a broad and ample road whose dust is gold, and pavement, stars, as stars to thee appear, seen in the ynlnry, that milky iray which nightly as a circling zone thou... | |
| James Henry - 1878 - 876 pages
...spirits elect bind their resplendent locks inwreathcd with beams," and ibid. 7. 57? (of the galaxy) : " a broad and ample road whose dust is gold, and pavement, stars, as stars to thee appear, seen in the galaxy, that milky mi;/ which nightly as a cireling /one thou... | |
| Young people - 1879 - 348 pages
...He through heaven, That opened 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.". All the description that leads up to the eating of the forbidden fruit by... | |
| John Milton - 1881 - 590 pages
...He through Heaven, That opened 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... | |
| James Nicholson - 1881 - 200 pages
...to the Thunderer's abode." 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 - 1881 - 894 pages
...He through heav'n, That open'd wide her blazing portals, led To Godi'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 AVhich nightly as a circling zone thou secst... | |
| Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 pages
...to us but sad, funereal taper» May be Heaven's distant lamps. q. LONGFELLOW — Resignation. St. 4. ch of lire and all the rest ia mystery! r. LONGFELLOW — The S as stars to thee appear. Seen in the galaxy, that milky way. r. MILTON— Paradise Lost. Kk. VII. Line... | |
| Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...tawny lion, pawing to get free His hinder parts. Line 463. Indued With sanctity of reason. Zinc 507. 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... | |
| sir William Peck - 1885 - 72 pages
...the milky light is caused by myriads of faint stars, and, in fact, it is as Milton describes : — " 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... | |
| Reuben Post Halleck - 1895 - 380 pages
...clouds, the drapery of mist about the mountain side or shifting over the valley, the Milky Way, — " A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold, And pavement stars," — the constellation Orion followed by Canis Major in their majestic hunt through the heavens, the... | |
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