DANTE
AND THE
Early Astronomers
BY
M. A. ORR
(Mrs. John Evershed).
Plainness and clearness without shadow of stain,
Clearness divine!
Ye heavens, whose pure dark regions have no sign
Of languor, though so calm, and though so great
Are yet untroubled and unpassionate;
Who, though so noble, share in the world's toil,
And though so tasked keep free from dust and soil!
••••••••••
•••••••You remain
A world above man's head, to let him see
How boundless might his soul's horizons be,
How vast, yet of what clear transparency.
Matthew Arnold.
Clearness divine!
Ye heavens, whose pure dark regions have no sign
Of languor, though so calm, and though so great
Are yet untroubled and unpassionate;
Who, though so noble, share in the world's toil,
And though so tasked keep free from dust and soil!
••••••••••
•••••••You remain
A world above man's head, to let him see
How boundless might his soul's horizons be,
How vast, yet of what clear transparency.
Matthew Arnold.
London
Gall and Inglis, 31 Henrietta St., W.C.
And Edinburgh.
