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... poet has so many unique and beautiful astronomical references the author be- lieved that if these could be collected together and classified for comparison and quotation , it would lead to a better understanding of the subject of ...
... poet has so many unique and beautiful astronomical references the author be- lieved that if these could be collected together and classified for comparison and quotation , it would lead to a better understanding of the subject of ...
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... poet and kindles Poetry , or , at all events , that it ought to . True , if a man busies himself exclusively with ... poet of modern astronomy . Chaucer , Spenser , Milton , all show more than ordinary knowledge of the science as ...
... poet and kindles Poetry , or , at all events , that it ought to . True , if a man busies himself exclusively with ... poet of modern astronomy . Chaucer , Spenser , Milton , all show more than ordinary knowledge of the science as ...
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... poet . In fact , many of his allusions are quite unintelligible without some knowledge of the science . In support of these remarks let me quote a few passages by Sir Norman Lockyer in his book Tennyson as a Student and Poet of Nature ...
... poet . In fact , many of his allusions are quite unintelligible without some knowledge of the science . In support of these remarks let me quote a few passages by Sir Norman Lockyer in his book Tennyson as a Student and Poet of Nature ...
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ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA appearance Astrology Astronomy in Shakespeare axis beams beautiful believe bright called cause celestial centre Century charm clouds Comets constellation Copernican Copernicus course crystal CYMBELINE dark Dickens distance doth double stars east eclipse falling fire firmament Fixed Stars globe golden HAMLET hath heaven heavenly bodies Helena Hell HENRY ideas KING JOHN KING LEAR KING RICHARD light Mars MEMORIAM meteor MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM miles Milton mind modern astronomy moon morning motion moving Neptune never night o'er PALACE OF ART Paradise Lost passage Phoebus planetary influence planets poem poet poetic poetry Pole Star Ptolemaic system references revolving round rising ROMEO AND JULIET round the earth Satan Saturn says Scene seen Shakespeare's plays shine shooting star SONNET sphere starry sun and moon sun's telescope TEMPEST TENNYSON thee thou thro TIMON OF ATHENS TITUS ANDRONICUS Venus wonder zodiac