The stars and their stories; a book for young people (1913)
Griffiths, Mary Matlock, comp · New York, H. Holt and Company · leaf 128
eful eye is turning—Unchanged they rise, they have not mournd for thee. Couldst thou be shaken from thy radiant placeEven as a dew-drop from the myrtle spray,Swept by the wind away?Wert thou not peopled by some glorious race,And was there power to smite them with decay ? Why, who shall talk of… … The Pleiades (From photograph by Herbert C. Wilson taken with eight-inch photographictelescope, exposure 7 hours.) THE ORION GROUP 105 ORION How oft Ive watchd thee from the garden croft,In silence, when the busy day was done,Shining with wondrous brilliancy aloft,And flickering like a casement…
Stars · Constellations · Mythology, Classical
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
