"Empyreal" Quotes from Famous Books
... of life divine, Be henceforth the Inverted Torch a sign That, though the flame beloved thou dost depress, Thou wilt not speed it into nothingness; But out of nether gloom wilt reinspire, And homeward lift the keen empyreal fire! ... — The Little Book of Modern Verse • Jessie B. Rittenhouse
... concern to Heraclitus, that worthy weeping philosopher of antiquity. In addition to these various speculations, it was the opinion of Herschel that the sun is a magnificent, habitable abode; the light it furnishes arising from certain empyreal, luminous or phosphoric clouds, ... — Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete • Washington Irving |