The stars and their stories; a book for young people (1913)
Griffith, Mary Matlock, comp · New York, H. Holt and Company · leaf 223
r than her wont. An ode which Phoebus gave her to be tried.And leapt in chorus, with her steadfast front.While prophet Love, the stars have called a brother,Burnt in his crown, and twined in one anotherHis love-flower with the purple roses, givenIn type of that new crown assigned in heaven.… … Alpha Centauri ALPHA CENTAURI AND THE SOUTHERN CROSS Far in the south, and near the southern Pole, are twoobjects which we must not fail to mention; one is AlphaCentauri, our suns nearest known neighbor sun, and theother is the Southern Cross. Alpha Centauri and BetaCentauri are the two…
Stars · Constellations · Mythology, Classical
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