The loftiest heights ascending, from their tops,
With myrtle-wreathed Tiara on his brows,
Presented sacrifice to Moon and Stars,
And to the Winds and mother Elements,
And the whole circle of the Heavens, for him
A sensitive existence and a God.”
—Excursion, Book IV.
In “Childe Harold” Byron speaks thus of the Persian worship:
“Not vainly did the early Persian make
His altar the high places and the peak