 | 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, thou seest... | |
 | 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 zone, thou... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Astronomy - 1842 - 344 pages
...through which 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 seest Powdered... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - Astronomy - 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...way Like to a circling zone, powdered with stars." Now when the Milky Way is examined with telescopes of even moderate power, it is perceived that the... | |
 | 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 is in Heav'ns extended plain, Which when the... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843 - 290 pages
...to be frequently employed hereafter. " A broad and ample road whose duat is gold And pavement stare, as stars to us appear Seen in the galaxy, that milky...way Like to a circling zone, powdered with stars." Now when the Milky Way is examined with telescopes of even moderate power, it is perceived that the... | |
 | 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 seest Powder'd... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...he through Heaven, That open'd wide her blazing portals, led To God's eternal house direct the way ; uh thee appear, Seen in the galaxy, that milky way, Which nightly, as a circling zone, thou seest Powdcr'd... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...Heaven, Th-it open'd wide her blazing portals, led To God's eternal house direct the way ; A t rend r|s|t|u|v|w| thee appear, Swi m the galaxy, that milky way, Vi itch nightly, as a circling zone, thou seest Powder'd... | |
 | 1844 - 858 pages
...through which the road Lies open to the Thunderer's abode." And Milton thus characterises it — *' A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold, And pavement...way Like to a circling zone, powdered with stars.** ' The following is a brief summary of Sir W. Hersehel's observations on this region of the heavens,... | |
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So sung The glorious train ascending : 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... 
