That has buried it and abode with it long
Then I know well that lie will not marvel
At many a thing that now to mankind
A sign and a wonder everywhere seems.
XXIX
If you desire deeply to learn
The lofty power of the world's Lord
With clear understanding, consider diligently
The stars of heaven, how they ever stand
In lasting peace; long have they done so,
Even as the Prince of Glory has prepared them
At their first forming, so that the fiery one,
The sun, may not approach the cold one's path,
The moon's marches. Lo! the mighty orbs
Cross not the one the course of the other
Until it has fleeted far on its way.
Nor will that star ever seek in its journey
The west of the heavens, to which wise men give
The name of Ursa. All other stars
After the sun sink with the heavens
Below earth's base; alone he bides.
It is no wonder; he is wondrously near
The higher axle-end of the heavenly sphere.
Then brightly beams one star beyond others
That soars in the east, the sun preceding;
Him the sons of men star of the morning
