"What if to you these sparks disordered seem,
As if by chance they had been scattered there?
The gods a solemn measure do it deem
And see a just proportion everywhere,
And know the faints whence first their movings were
To which first points, when all return again,
The Axletree of Heaven shall break in twain.
37.
"Under that spangled sky, five wandering Flames,
Besides the King of Day and Queen of Night,