...we call the Sun, If that hypothesis of theirs be sound. Those three stars of the airy Giant's zone. Many a night from yonder ivied casement, ere I went...like a swarm of fire-flies tangled in a silver braid. The image of the fire-flies in the last of these lines, recalling that of the " bee-like swarms " in...

...that in the distance overlooks the sandy tracts, And the hollow ocean-ridges roaring into cataracts. Many a night from yonder ivied casement, ere I went...like a swarm of fire-flies tangled in a silver braid. t Here about the beach I wander'd, nourishing a youth sublime With the fairy tales of science, and...

...the sandy tracts, And the hollow ocean-ridges roaring into cataracts. Many a night from yonder ¡vied casement, ere I went to rest, Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly to the west. Many a night I eaw the Pleiads, rising through the mellow shade, Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies tangled in a silver...

...that in the distance overlooks the sandy tracts, And the hollow ocean-ridges roaring into cataracts. Many a night from yonder ivied casement, ere I went...to the west. Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising through the mellow shade, Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies tangled in a silver braid. Here about...

...Many a night from yonder ivied casement, ere I went Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising through the mellow shade, Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies...tangled in a silver braid. Here about the beach I wandered, nourishing a youth sublime With the fairy tales of science, and the long result of Time;...

...Many a night from yonder ivied casement, ere I went Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising through the mellow shade, Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies...tangled in a silver braid. Here about the beach I wandered, nourishing a youth sublime With the fairy tales of science, and the long result of Time;...

...a judgment is only possible in very decided cases, or by the peremptory verdict of private taste. " Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising thro' the mellow shade, Glitter like a swarin of fire-flies tangled in a silver braid." Who will venture to institute a sure comparison of...

...like a soul ascending from the grave ! SIMMONS. STABS. Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising through the mellow shade, Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies tangled in a silver braid. TENNYSON. This wood I've enter'd oft when all in sheen The princely Morning walks o'er diamond dews,...

...all the constellations visible in our northern hemisphere are appropriately introduced in his poems. Many a night from yonder ivied casement, ere I went...like a swarm of fireflies, tangled in a silver braid. But Tennyson goes farther in his poetry than merely describing what we can all observe for ourselves....

...that in the distance overlooks the sandy tracts, And the hollow ocean-ridges roaring into cataracts. Many a night from yonder ivied casement, ere I went...tangled in a silver braid. Here about the beach I wander' d, nourishing a youth sublime With the fairy tales of science, and the long result of Time;...