The night sky

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When I heard the learn'd astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.

Walt Whitman

When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer

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Spending time in nature The night sky Experiencing things

Author

Walt Whitman

Source

When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer Leaves of Grass

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1867 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Whitman, Walt. "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer." Leaves of Grass. New York: Self-published, 1867, I. 1. Originally published in Drum-Taps. New York: Peter Eckler, 1865, I. 1.

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Astronomy The night sky

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Socrates

Author

Plato

Source

Republic

Medium

Philosophical dialogue Dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

Thence we came forth to see the stars again.

Dante Alighieri

Inferno

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Stars The night sky

Author

Dante Alighieri

Source

Inferno The Divine Comedy

Medium

Poem

Genre

Narrative poem Epic poem Religious literature

Language

Italian

Time

1321 1320s 14th century

Era

Middle Ages

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Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno [Hell]." La Comedia di Dante Alleghieri [The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri]. Foligno: Johann Numeister and Evangelista Angelini da Trevi, 1472.

Current Citation

Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno." The Divine Comedy, edited by David H. Higgins, translated by C. H. Sisson. Oxford University Press, 2008.

How hard to realize that every camp of men or beast has this glorious starry firmament for a roof!...In such places standing alone on the mountain-top it is easy to realize that whatever special nests we make—leaves and moss like the marmots and birds, or tents, or piled stone—we all dwell in a house of one room—the world with the firmament for its roof—and are sailing the celestial spaces without leaving any track.

John Muir

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The night sky Interconnectedness of all people

Author

John Muir

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1890 1890s 19th century

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Muir, John. Journal entry. 18 July 1890.

In our village, folk say God crumbles up the old moon into stars.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

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Stars The moon The night sky

Speaker

Ivan Denisovich Shukhov

Author

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Source

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Medium

Novel

Genre

Political literature

Statement Type

Folk wisdom

Language

Russian

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr. "Один день Ивана Денисовича [One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich]." Novy Mir, Nov. 1962.

The stars are a free show; it don’t cost anything to use your eyes.

George Orwell

Down and Out in Paris and London

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Stars The night sky

Speaker

Bozo

Author

George Orwell

Source

Down and Out in Paris and London

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Orwell, George. Down and Out in Paris and London. Victor Gollancz, 1933, ch. 30.

Till clombe above the eastern bar
The horned Moon, with one bright star
Within the nether tip.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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The moon Stars The night sky Astronomy

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Source

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Medium

Poem

Genre

Narrative poem

Language

English

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, pt. 3.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 3.

And still they were the same bright, patient stars.

John Keats

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Stars The night sky

Author

John Keats

Source

Hyperion Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

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Keats, John. "Hyperion: A Fragment." Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems. London: Taylor and Hessey, 1820, bk. 1, I. 353.

Current Citation

Keats, John. "Hyperion: A Fragment." John Keats: The Major Works, edited by Elizabeth Cook. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 1, I. 353.

The moving Moon went up the sky,
And no where did abide;
Softly she was going up,
And a star or two beside-

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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The moon The night sky

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Source

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

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Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, pt. 4.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 4.

Now glowed the firmament
With living sapphires: Hesperus that led
The starry Host, rode brightest, till the Moon
Rising in clouded Majesty, at length
Apparent Queen unveiled her peerless light,
And o'er the dark her Silver Mantle threw.

John Milton

Paradise Lost

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The night sky Moonlight The moon

Author

John Milton

Source

Paradise Lost

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1667 1660s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Milton, John. Paradise Lost. London: Samuel Simmons, 1667, bk. 4, I. 604.

Current Citation

"Paradise Lost." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 4, I. 604.

Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing wonder and awe, the more often and the more seriously reflection concentrates upon them: the starry heaven above me and the moral law within me.

Immanuel Kant

Critique of Practical Reason

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The night sky Natural law Morality

Author

Immanuel Kant

Source

Critique of Practical Reason

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1788 1780s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Kant, Immanuel. Critik der praktischen Vernuft [Critique of Practical Reason]. Riga: Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1788, conclusion.

Current Citation

Kant, Immanuel. Critique of Practical Reason, translated by Mary Gregor. Cambridge University Press, 2015, conclusion.

I love this place at night. The stars...there's no right or wrong in them, they're just there.

Platoon

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Vietnam Stars The night sky

Speaker

Sgt. Elias

Actor

Willem Dafoe

Source

Platoon

Medium

Film

Genre

War (film) War

Language

English

Time

1986 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Platoon. Directed by Oliver Stone, Hemdale Film Corporation, 1986.

Holding hands at midnight
'Neath a starry sky,
Nice work if you can get it,
And you can get it if you try.

Ira Gershwin

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Being in love The night sky Love

Author

Ira Gershwin

Source

Nice Work if You Can Get It Damsel in Distress

Medium

Song Musical

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

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Gershwin, Ira. "Nice Work If You Can Get It." Damsel in Distress. Composed by George Gershwin. Performed by Fred Astaire and The Stafford Sisters. RKO Radio Pictures, 1937.