VENUS A DOUBLE STAR.

Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1553, 17 June 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)

VENUS A DOUBLE STAR.

By a Perplexed Stargazbr. Watchbb of the starry heavenß, Btudent of the silent night, Has an unknown orb of beauty been revealed to your Bight ? Some new Venus 'mid the planets ? Trace its orbit, give it name, All will greet the starry stranger, lighting up your path to fame. " Why co downcast, why so silent ? has the sight your vision dazed P Doubtful are you, anxious student, at your own success amazed P Note the right ascension truly, with what group its path agrees. Leo Minor, Ursa Major, Bdotes or Pleiades." " Peace, you most obtrusive person, no such □illy question s press ; I have seen two radiant beauties, perfect in their loveliness, Not the Venus of the heavens shines with such resplendent light, Keating like a lustrous jewel on the bosom of the night. " Be it as etargazers tell us of the planet seen afar, On the earth (I've learned theleßson) Venus is a double star. I On the terrace, the twin beauties made me I in that fact believe — < I On the terrace, in the calmness of the I moonlit summer eve. , I "Blue the tint of starry Venus— blue the | colour of her eyes, I Brown as dusky ihadowa fringing glowing I . light of evening skies— . I Blue, I mean, .the eyes ;of one were, of the I ■ i - other, golden brown, , I ' One into the distance gazing, and the other, I | glancing down. . J ['Choose: I oould-not 'twixt , the , beauties, jj each to me a peerless girl, , , I Nut-brown hair is- very precious, so, too, ,is I ! jthe darker, curl; i „- , I EUsy was JJi^Jtftßktof Paris, who to Venus. l gave the priwyx > *, t ■ jk> '_ , Due, »,lon« .fln^reniely ' claimed 'itf—twd Jap- I ] . . , peared before my eyes. pr>v •> - - .. -J | ] ' Tell. me, tf your learningrflgches to, sabh/f / » ast^roiogiOlow, •'v«vt^|i, < Villjthe^one <or ; x>ther maideu^ba mj, star"||