# The romance of comets

Author: Proctor, Mary, 1862-1957

Genre: Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75545

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+romance+of+comets+Proctor&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

“Lo! from the dread immensity of Space, Returning with accelerated pace, The rushing comet to the sun descends: And, as he shrinks below the shading Earth, With awful train projected o’er the Heavens, The guilty nations tremble.” —THOMSON.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER SIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-comets-75545/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER SEVEN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-comets-75545/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER FIVE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-comets-75545/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER EIGHT](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-comets-75545/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER FOUR](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-comets-75545/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TWO](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-comets-75545/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER NINE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-comets-75545/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER THREE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-comets-75545/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER ONE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-comets-75545/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Canto XXIV, refers to comets as “souls beatified.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-comets-75545/chapters/2/index.md)