 | John Newbery - 1762 - 292 ページ
...could we be wafted there \ How flow the feafons ! and how long the year ! One Moon, on us, reflefts its cheerful light : There, five attendants brighten...the night. Here, the blue firmament bedeck'd with flats, There, over -head, a lucid Arch appears, From hence how large, how ftrong, the fun's bright... | |
 | Art - 1762 - 290 ページ
...could we be wafted there ? How flow the feafons ! and how long the year ! One Moon, on us, reflefts its cheerful light : There, five attendants brighten up the night. Here, the blue firmamentoedeck'd with ftars, There, over-head, a lucid atnb appears, From hence how large, how ilrong,... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 450 ページ
...the changj coiilj we b¿ wafted there ! *" — *~"~" How ilow the feafons! and how long the year ! One moon, on us, reflects its cheerful light : There,...attendants brighten up the night. Here, the blue firmament bedeck 'd with ilars ; There, over-head, a lucid arch appears. From hence, how large, how ilrong.the... | |
 | Henry Baker - 1808 - 102 ページ
...slow the seasons ! and how long the year !* One Moon, on us, reflects its cheerful light : There scv'n attendants, brighten up the night, Here, the blue...with stars, There, over-head, a lucid arch appears. * SATURN'S diameter is seventy nine thousand and forty-two miles; —his distance from the sun is about... | |
 | 1838 - 504 ページ
...How slow the seasons, and how long the year! One Moon on us reflects its cheerful light ; There seven attendants brighten up the night : Here the blue firmament...with stars ; There, overhead, a lucid arch appears ! Farthest and last, with pallid, feeble light, The GEORGIAN planet takes his distant flight. Cheerless... | |
 | 1823 - 872 ページ
...away. How great the change could we be wafted there ! How slow the seasons ! and how long the year ! One moon, on us, reflects its cheerful light : There,...over-head, a lucid arch appears. From hence, how large, how strong, the sun's bright ball ! But seen from thence, how languid and how small !— When the keen... | |
 | Horace Wellbeloved - 1826 - 138 ページ
...slow the seasons! and how long the year ! One Moon on us reflects its cheerful light; There, seven attendants brighten up the night. Here, the blue firmament...over-head, a lucid arch appears. From hence how large, how strong the Sun's bright ball! But seen from thence, how languid and how small ! CHATTBBTON. 12 THE... | |
 | 1822 - 512 ページ
...How slow the seasons, and how long the year ! One moon on us reflects its useful light ; There, seven attendants brighten up the night ; Here, the blue firmament bedeck'd with stars, There, over head, a lucid arch appears." Emersions of Jupiter' t first satellite. — The 8th day, at forty-two... | |
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Through his vast orbit Saturn wheels away. How great the change could we be wafted there ! How slow the seasons ! and how long the year ! One moon, on us, reflects its cheerful light : There, five attendants brighten up the night. Here, the blue firmament... 