Earth

Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets. It is sometimes referred to as the world, the Blue Planet, or by its Latin name, Terra.

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Famous quotes containing the word earth:

    “Young soul put off your flesh, and come
    With me into the quiet tomb,
    Our bed is lovely, dark, and sweet;
    The earth will swing us, as she goes,
    Beneath our coverlid of snows,”
    —Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849)

    “till seven years were gane and past,
    True Thomas on earth was never seen.”
    —Unknown. Thomas the Rhymer (l. 79–80)