Satirical, severe in language; relating to satire.
Satire, a poem in which wickedness or folly is censured.
Epigrammatic, relating to epigram,—a short poem ending in a particular point or meaning, understood but not expressed.
Pastoral, from pastor, a shepherd; relating to rural employments and those belonging to shepherds.
What is Astronomy?
The science which treats of the heavenly bodies, their arrangement, magnitudes, distances and motions. The term Astronomy is derived from two Greek words, signifying the law of the stars; astron being the Greek for star.
What can you say of its origin?
Its origin has been ascribed to several persons, as well as to different nations and ages. Belus, King of Assyria; Atlas, King of Mauritania; and Uranus, King of the countries situated on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, are all recorded as the persons to whom the world is indebted for this noble science. Its origin is generally fixed in Chaldea. Some choose, however, to attribute it to the Hebrews; others to the Egyptians,—from whom, they say, it passed to the Greeks.
What country is meant by Mauritania?