Applied Astronomy.
He took me out to see the stars: That astronomic boro ; He said there were two moons near Mars, While Jupiter had four. I thought of course he'd whisper soon What four-fold bliss 'twould be To stroll beneath that four-fold moon On Jupiter with me. Anil when he spoke of Saturn's ring, I was convinced he’d say That was the very kind of thing To offer me some day. But in a tangent off he went To double stars. Now that ' Was most suggestive, so content And quite absorbed I sat. But no, he talked a dreary mess, Of which the only fraction That caught my fancy, I confess, Was “ mutual attraction.” I said I thought it very queer And stupid altogether, For stars to keep so very near, And yet not come together. At that be smiled, and turned his head; I thought he’d caught the notion, He merely bowed good-night, and said Their safety lay in motion.
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2098, 29 July 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)
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161Applied Astronomy. Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2098, 29 July 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)
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