North Celestial Pole

Famous quotes containing the words north, celestial and/or pole:

    “A brush had left a crooked stroke
    Of what was either cloud or smoke
    From north to south across the blue;
    A piercing little star was through.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “Happy those early days! when I
    Shined in my angel-infancy.
    Before I understood this place
    Appointed for my second race,
    Or taught my soul to fancy aught
    But a white, celestial thought;”
    —Henry Vaughan (1622–1695)

    “O, withered is the garland of the war,
    The soldier’s pole is fallen!”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)