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It does at first appear that an astronomer rapt in abstraction,
while he gazes on a star, must feel more exquisite than a farmer
who in conducting his team.
- Isaac D'Israeli,
Author: Isaac D'Israeli
Source: Literary Character of Men of Genius--On Habituating Ourselves to Indiv. Pursuit
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And God made two great lights, great for their use
To man, the greater to have rule by day,
The less by night, altern.
Author: John Milton
Source: Paradise Lost (bk. VII, l. 346)
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At night astronomers agree.
Author: Matthew Prior
Source: Phillis's Age (st. 3)
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My lord, they say five moons were seen to-night--
Four fixed, and the fifth did whirl about
The other four in wondrous motion.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: The Life and Death of King John (Hubert at IV, ii)
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These earthly godfathers of heaven's light,
That give a name to every fixed star,
Have no more profit of their shining nights
Than those that walk and wot not what they are.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: Love's Labor's Lost (Berowne at I, i)
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When thou cam'st first,
Thou strok'st me and made much of me; wouldst give me
Water with berries in't; and teach me how
To name the bigger light, and how the less,
That burn by day and night; and then I loved thee
And showed thee all the qualities o' th' isle,
The fresh springs, brine-pits, barren place and fertile.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: The Tempest (Caliban at I, ii)
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There's some ill planet reigns.
I must be patient till the heavens look
With an aspect more favorable.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: The Winter's Tale (Hermione at II, i)
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O how loud
It calls devotion! genuine growth of night!
Devotion! daughter of Astronomy!
As undevout Astronomer is mad.
Author: Edward Young
Source: Night Thoughts (night IX, l. 774)
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