 With threatening head, and calls the Twins to rise; They clasp for fear, and mutually embrace, And next the Twins with an unsteady pace Bright Cancer rolls; then Leo shakes his mane And following Virgo calms his rage again.  Easy Star Lessons - Page 227by Richard Anthony Proctor - 1894 - 239 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Rogerson - 1828 - 482 pages
...room with Mr. Kean's lion." — 12, 1082, Chelsea Hospital founded. ASTRONOMICAL NOTICF.S. 11 KrKST Aries, glorious in his golden wool, Looks back, and wonders at the mighty Butt, Whose back -parts first appear : lie liendinc ties With threatening head, and calls the Twills... | |
 | William Henry Smyth - Astronomy - 1881 - 778 pages
...attitude, for Manilius accurately describes him as advancing stern foremost, with his legs bent under : First Aries, glorious in his golden wool, Looks back, and wonders at the mighty hull. The star under discussion was called Hamal by the Arabs, ie a sheep. A line made to pass between... | |
 | sir William Peck - 1885 - 72 pages
...days. Above Cetus is Aries the first constellation of the Zodiac. Manilius thus describes it : — " First Aries, glorious in his golden wool, Looks back and wonders at the mighty hull." Fig. 6. — The Pleiades. [More than 2,000 years ago the middle of this constellation was on... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - 1894 - 288 pages
...way, looking toward the Bull, which lies on the left This has been the idea for many centuries ; ior old Manilius wrote : First Aries, glorious in his...the ecliptic, which is in fact the path of the sun. Formerlj Aries was the first of the zodiacal constellations, but the same change which has shifted... | |
 | Edward Whipple - Spiritualists - 1901 - 600 pages
...SKETCHES " Now constellations, Muse ! and signs rehearse ; In order let them sparkle in thy verse ; First Aries, glorious in his golden wool, Looks back, and wonders at the mighty Bull, Whose hind parts first appear, he bending lies With threatening head, and calls the Twins to rise;... | |
 | William Tyler Olcott - Constellations - 1911 - 612 pages
...mythology Aries has always represented the fabled ram with fleece of gold. Manilius thus describes it: First Aries, glorious in his golden wool, Looks back and wonders at the mighty Bull. The old fable is as follows: Phrixus and Helle were children of Athamas, the legendary King of Thessaly.... | |
 | John Robert Kippax - Constellations - 1914 - 544 pages
...mythology, Aries represents the ram with the golden fleece of Argonautic fame. Manilius thus refers to it: First Aries, glorious in his golden wool, Looks back and wonders at the mighty Bull. According to legend Athamas, King of Thebes in Bceotia, had two children named Phrixus and Helle, by... | |
 | Health Research - Astrology - 1993 - 94 pages
...human reply. ''Now constellations., Muse, and signs rehearse; In order let them sparkle in thy verse \ First Aries, glorious in his golden wool, Looks back, and wonders at the mighty Bull, Whose hind parts first appear, he bending lies, With threatening head, and calls the Twins to rise:... | |
 | C.C. Gaither - Science - 1997 - 510 pages
...beast! The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsivorth Longfellow The Occultation of Orion Manilius, Marcus First Aries, glorious in his golden wool. Looks back and wonders at the mighty Bull. Quoted by Mrs. Jesse B. Holman in The Zodiac, The Constellations and the Heavens (p. 11) Close by the... | |
 | M. J. Abadie - Family & Relationships - 1999 - 278 pages
...Affect the Planets Now constellations, Muse and signs rehearse; In order let them sparkle in thy verse; First Aries, glorious in his golden wool, Looks back, and wonders at the mighty Bull, Whose hind parts first appear, he bending lies, With threatening head, and calls the Twins to rise;... | |
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