And scatter'd blazes all the Skies o'erspread;
By whose Approach new Stars enkindled were,
Which still as Marks of that sad Chance appear.
A Way there is in Heaven's expanded Plain
Which when the Skies are clear, is seen below,
And Mortals by the Name of Milky, know,
The Ground-work is of Stars——
But [AB]Democritus long ago believed them to be an infinite Number of small Stars; and such of late Years they have been discovered to be, first by Gallaleo, next by Keplar, and now confirmed by all modern Astronomers, who have ever had an Opportunity of seeing them through a good Telescope.
[AB] Plutarch (in Placitis Philosoph.)