“The Constellations: Northern, Some of the Zodiac, and Some of the Southern”
THE CONSTELLATIONS
NORTHERN
SOME OF THE ZODIAC
AND SOME OF THE SOUTHERN
DOST thou see proud venus there,
Glittering in the evening air.
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The belt of orion beside it is seen,
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A glorious sight for all sky loving men:
5And then red mars appeareth high,
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On his throne upon the sky.
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Then the greater bear is seen,
Then charlesʼs wain with his bright team,
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Next the dragon doth appear,
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10Next doth bereniceʼs ‸ hair
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golden
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After that the northern crown,
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Then the very pretty‸ swan:
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fiery
Next comes starry charlesʼs heart,
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Then the dread medusas head;after that the telescope
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15Next doth come the little horse,
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After that the stupid goose.
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After that doth come the lyre,then the very frightened hare
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After that the lesser bear:
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Then doth come the cunning fox,
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20Then appears the blessed cross
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Then we see great charlesʼs oak
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Next Iʼll call it junoʼs cup
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Hercules
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appeareth high
Next cerberus
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in the sky
25The lizard
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next to them appears
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High the pouncing eagle
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soars
Cepheus
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and bootes
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now
After that the swallowsweet hirundo
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Maenalusʼ mountain
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next
30After thatthen the furious lynx‸ brighteyed lynxkeeneyed lynx
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High up there is scorpio
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After it king that the generous leo
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The camleopard
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appeareth high
Next to it the little fly
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35The serpent, serpent bearer
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Next to it the butting ram
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Sobieskiʼs shield
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up there
After it the charioteer
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The bull of poniatowski
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then
40Next the very pretty crane
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long billed
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Antinous
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and arrow
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soon down
After it
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the southern crown
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much belowfar
The dolphin
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swimming through the air
Next to it the altar
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gods fire
45The hounds
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the bull
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are
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After it the pump of airthen doth come great euclids square
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The lesser lion
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next we see
Next to it the armed bee
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Perseus
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pegasus
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then
50After it the chamelion
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And romeda
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is seen on high
Then the virgin
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in the sky
Ten starred triangle
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doth appear
The horn the unicorn
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doth appear bear
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55Shining in golden light heʼs drest
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With a horn instead of a towering crest
The scales
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that nothing to weigh would bear
But yet contain a thousand more
Farther than that I could not say
60More than than the beautiful milky way
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the scales are in the virgins hand
and the beautiful milky way was the landthe scales in which twas vainlysaid
by which the ancients used to . . .
that then was the very beautiful waythe crimes and virtues of menwere weighed
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The archer
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with his flying dart
I should not think it would pierce the heart
The crab
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and the twins with their clothes of fire
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I wish I had not observed the lyrethen the very frigtened hare after that doth come the lyre
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The little triangle
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appears on high
And the goat
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that is formed in the arched sky
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but oh that wonder of them all
which milky way europeans
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and which the ancientsthought theroad
which all their bestand bravest trod
of heroes that theircountrys good
espoused and neer inangry mood
unto great jupiters
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Bright these stars are, beauteous gold
But let history unfoldknowledge then
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Her page of learning
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let us see
Whether that is not more bright than thee
Een thou O beauteous mercury
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Much better than the brightest star
Virtue I will say you are
Better than historyknowledge yes
indeed
Virtue you should have the lead