THE TWO SKY DIPPERS AND DRACO, THE DRAGON
time his shadowy, star-decked form crosses the sky near the zenith. He seems closest then and we cramp back our necks to get a better view of this ancient Bear about whom is twined so many legends.
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"The Bear that prowled all night about the fold
Of the North Star."
—Lowell.
Of the North Star."
—Lowell.
Later, during the autumn months, he walks along the rim of the horizon in the north, but there too often, sad to relate, he is more than half obscured by the mists and fogs which hover about near the surface of the earth.
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