 | Education - 1868 - 806 pages
...time, and a guide to the surrounding stars. Hesiod says : "When Atlas-born, the Pleiad stars nrise Before the sun above the dawning skies, 'Tis time to reap; and when they sink below The moru-illumiued West, 'tis time to sow." Virgil says: '•Then first on seas the... | |
 | James Davies - 1873 - 188 pages
...was suspended, and works on the farm came on instead. To quote Elton's version:— " When Atlas-bom the Pleiad stars arise Before the sun above the dawning skies, Tis time to reap ; and when they sink below The morn-illumined west, 'tis time to sow. Know too, they set, immerged into the sun,... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Astronomy - 1873 - 360 pages
...rising of the Pleiades took place on the llth of May, about the time of harvtat "When, Atlaa-born, the Pleiad stars arise Before the sun above the dawning skies, 'Tis time to reap ; and when they sink below The morn-illumined west, 'tis time to sow.** Thus, In all ages, have the stars been... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 582 pages
...his manhood's bloom. — Works and Days. THE TIME FOR SOWING AND FOR REAPING. When, . 4 tlas-born, the Pleiad stars arise, Before the sun above the dawning skies, 'Tis time to reap ; and when they sink below The morn-illumined west, 'tis time to sow. Know, too, they set, immerged into the sun,... | |
 | John Robert Kippax - Constellations - 1914 - 544 pages
...Then, too, this celebrated star-group served as a guide to the husbandman as to seedtime and harvest: When Atlas-born, the Pleiad stars arise Before the...above the dawning skies, 'Tis time to reap ; and when they sink below The morn-illumined west, 'tis time to sow. Alluding to their showery nature, Pope,... | |
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Before the sun above the dawning skies, *Tis time to reap ; and when they sink below The morn-illumined west, 'tis time to sow.*' Thus, in all ages, have the stars been observed by the husbandman, for 
