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Physicists and astronomers see their own implications in the world being round, but to me it means that only one-third read more
Physicists and astronomers see their own implications in the world being round, but to me it means that only one-third of the world is asleep at any given time and the other two-thirds is up to something.
 There's some ill planet reigns.
 I must be patient till the heavens look
  With an aspect more read more 
 There's some ill planet reigns.
 I must be patient till the heavens look
  With an aspect more favorable. 
 O how loud
 It calls devotion! genuine growth of night!
  Devotion! daughter of Astronomy!
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 O how loud
 It calls devotion! genuine growth of night!
  Devotion! daughter of Astronomy!
   As undevout Astronomer is mad. 
At night astronomers agree.
At night astronomers agree.
Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise mother
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise mother
 My lord, they say five moons were seen to-night--
 Four fixed, and the fifth did whirl about
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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. 
 And God made two great lights, great for their use
 To man, the greater to have rule by day,
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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. 
 When thou cam'st first,
 Thou strok'st me and made much of me; wouldst give me
  Water with read more 
 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.