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28 towards no other heavenly body. While bowing to the lordly sun in devout adoration, he endowed the moon with the feminine attributes of gentleness, love, and weakness. This idea of tenderness and familiarity, is well expressed in the lines of Wordsworth:—

The charm of the moon over the infant mind, is described, by the same author, in the following lines: —

The aspect of the moon, to the unaided eye, presents a most tantalising appearance. We just see enough to assure us, that there is something more to be seen. In the other heavenly bodies, we see only a uniform blaze of light, and there is little to tempt our curiosity. It is not so with the moon: there