CANTO V.

ARGUMENT.

The Bard leads the way to the Entrance Porch of Science--Discourses by the way--The Porch, and its Description--The Entrance and Prospect--Sunrise--The Eagle, Falcon, and Vulture--Noon--Sunset--The Nightly Tower--Its Ascent--Astronomers, Galileo, &c.--Heathen Philosophers, Plato, &c.--A View of the Starry Heavens--The Moon--A Moonlight Scene--The Vault of Night--Planets--Milky Way--Harmony of the Earth’s Evolution, and her attendant Planet--Reflections on the Immensity of the Universe.