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We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well
that ye take heed, as unto read more
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well
that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place,
until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any
private interpretation.
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought
against Sisera.
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought
against Sisera.
No one sees what is before his feet: we all gaze at the stars.
[Lat., Quod est ante pedes read more
No one sees what is before his feet: we all gaze at the stars.
[Lat., Quod est ante pedes nemo spectat: coeli scrutantur
plagas.]
The number is certainly the cause. The apparent disorder
augments the grandeur, for the appearance of care is highly read more
The number is certainly the cause. The apparent disorder
augments the grandeur, for the appearance of care is highly
contrary to our ideas of magnificence. Besides, the stars lie in
such apparent confusion, as makes it impossible on ordinary
occasion to reckon them. This gives them the advantage of a sort
of infinity.
In yonder pensile orb, and every sphere
That gems the starry girdle of the year.
In yonder pensile orb, and every sphere
That gems the starry girdle of the year.
Hast thou a charm to stay the morning-star
In his steep course?
Hast thou a charm to stay the morning-star
In his steep course?
Now twilight lets her curtain down
And pins it with a star.
Now twilight lets her curtain down
And pins it with a star.
The stars,
Which stand as thick as dewdrops on the fields
Of heaven.
The stars,
Which stand as thick as dewdrops on the fields
Of heaven.
