...which, though new, are yet three thousand years old ; • ... When in heaven the stars about the inonn Look beautiful, when all the winds are laid, And every height comes out, and jutting peak And vnllev, and the immeasurable heavens Brenk open to their highest, and all the stars Shine, and the...

...gentle and plaintive voice was heard in earnest supplication ; all else was perfect stillness ; even as ' When in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful, when all the winds are laid ;' yet there was not a soul in that room that had not become conscious of the presence and working...

...from oft" the plain Roll'd the rich vapour far into the heaven. And these all night upon the bridge * of war Sat glorying ; many a fire before them blazed : As when in heaven the stars about the moou Look beautiful, when all the winds are laid, And every height conies out, and jutting peak And...

...from off the plain Roll'd the rich vapor far into the heaven. And these all night upon the* bridge of war Sat glorying ; many a fire before them blazed...stars Shine, and the Shepherd gladdens in his heart : So many a fire between the ships and stream Of Xanthus blazed before the towers of Troy, A thousand...

...from off the plain Roll'd the rich vapor far into the heaven. And these all night upon the * bridge of war Sat glorying; many a fire before them blazed:...laid, And every height comes out, and jutting peak I i And valley, and the immeasurable heavens Break open to their highest, and all the stars Shine,...

...from off the plain Eoll'd the rich vapour far into the heaven. And these all night upon the * bridge of war Sat glorying ; many a fire before them blazed...stars Shine, and the Shepherd gladdens in his heart : So many a fire between the ships and stream Of Xanthus blazed before the towers of Troy, A thousand...

...from off the plain Rolled the rich savour far into the heaven. And these all night upon the bridge of war Sat glorying; many a fire before them blazed,...stars Shine, and the shepherd gladdens in his heart. So many a fire between the ships and stream Of Xanthus blazed, before the towers of Troy, A thousand...

...has chosen for translation the fine passage describing the scene, which closes the EighthBook :— " As when in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful,...stars Shine, and the shepherd gladdens in his heart : So many a fire between the ships and stream Of Xanthus blazed before the towers of Troy, A thousand...

...science began to bud. Listen to words which, though new, are yet three thousand years old : — " . . . When in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful,...stars Shine, and the shepherd gladdens in his heart." l If the half-savage Greek could share our feelings thus far, it is irrational to doubt that he went...

...and classic loveliness, might stand beside the immortal nocturn in the Eighth Book of the Iliad : " When in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful,...immeasurable heavens Break open to their highest." Mr. Browning gives us a marvelous picture of the " virginal moon " flying through the empty heavens,...