“O Trinal Light, that in a single star Sparkling upon their sight so satisfies them, Look down upon our tempest here below!” Par. xxxi. 28-30. (Longfellow).
[259] Purg. xxix. 91.
“Of those long hours wherein the stars above Wake and keep watch, the third was almost nought.” V. N. iii. 81, 82. (Rossetti).
[261] Inf. vii. 98, 99.
“Like unto stars neighbouring the stedfast poles.” Par. x. 78.
[263] Purg. viii, 86, 87.
[264] “These stars all revolve round the same point, and the nearer a star is to this point, the smaller is the circle that it makes, and the slower its motion appears.” El. Ast. cap. ii.