Alfred Noyes Quote

Night after night, among the gabled roofs, Climbing and creeping through a world unknown Save to the roosting stork, he learned to find The constellations, Cassiopeia's throne, The Plough still pointing to the Pole star, The Sword-belt of Orion. There he watched The movement of the planets, hours and hours, And wondered at the mystery of it all.

The Torch-Bearers: Watchers of the Sky (Volume 1), Tycho Brahe, I (p. 40)