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" Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. "
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Joseph Addison and Richard Steele: The Critical Heritage

Edward Alan Bloom, Lillian D. Bloom - 1995 - 508 pages
...stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. What though, in solemn silence, all Move round this dark terrestrial ball; What though no real voice nor sound, Among their radiant orbs be...
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Classical Music and Postmodern Knowledge

Lawrence Kramer - 2023 - 324 pages
...Haydn, Addison strikingly anticipates—literally prefigures—the latter s trope of musical light: What though in solemn silence all Move round the dark terrestrial ball? What though no real voice nor sound Within their radiant orbs be found? In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter...
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Antarctica: A Novel

Kim Stanley Robinson - 2010 - 674 pages
...Soon as the evening shades prevail The Moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening Earth Repeats the story of her birth; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole...
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The Vitality of Worship: A Commentary on the Book of Psalms

Robert Davidson - 1998 - 500 pages
...belief in God. Joseph Addison's hymn version of this psalm seems to say so in its final verse: What though in solemn silence all Move round the dark terrestrial ball? What though no real voice nor sound Amidst their radiant orbs be found? In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter...
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Lift Up Your Eyes on High: Understanding the Stars

James Nickel - 1999 - 140 pages
...Soon as the evening shades prevail, the Moon takes up the wondrous tale, and nightly to the listening Earth repeats the story of her birth; Whilst all the...pole to pole. What though in solemn silence all move round this dark terrestrial ball? What though no real voice nor sound amidst their radiant orbs be...
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The Gospel in Creation

Ellet Joseph Waggoner - 1999 - 174 pages
...stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. " What though in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestial ball ? What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found ? In reason's...
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Gainsborough's Vision

Amal Asfour, Dr Paul Williamson, Paul Williamson - 1999 - 360 pages
...Firmament' where the natural order provides the observer with powerful evidence of God's creating hand: What though, in solemn Silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial Ball? What tho' nor real Voice nor Sound Amid their radiant Orbs be found? In Reason's Ear they all rejoice, And...
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Political Writings

Thomas Paine - 2000 - 388 pages
...Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth; Whilst all the...terrestrial ball? What though nor real voice, nor sound, Amidst their radiant orbs be found? In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice;...
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Time for Science Education: How Teaching the History and Philosophy of ...

Michael R. Matthews - 2000 - 474 pages
...as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wond'rous tale; And nightly, to the listening Earth Repeats the story of her birth: Whilst all the...to pole. What though, in solemn silence, all Move round that dark terrestrial ball? What though no real voice nor sound Amidst their radiant orbs be...
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Religion and Literature: A Reader

Robert Detweiler, David Jasper - 2000 - 212 pages
...Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth: Whilst all the...to pole. What though, in solemn silence, all Move around the dark, terrestrial ball? What though nor real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be...
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