Note 33 — ERRATUM. p. 78, note 1, l. 19; for “were in orders, for the most part in holy orders;” read “were generally speaking in holy orders;”
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And Goethe:
“Wie Himmelskräfte auf und nieder steigen Und sich die goldnen Eimer reichen! Mit segenduftenden Schwingen Vom Himmel durch die Erde dringen, Harmonisch all das All durchklingen.” Faust i. i. 1.
In many of the older poets the same motive is found. Vaughan, a contemporary of Harvey, says:
“And round beneath it Time in houres, dayes, yeares, Driven by the spheres Like a vast shadow moved.”
The only celestial messenger who has discussed this matter with mankind was something of an obscurantist. Vid. Paradise Lost, Bk. viii.