...tain seek Some counsel on the heavens; how by the sky He marked his track upon the deep; what star Guided the path to Syria, and what points Found in the Wain would pilot him aright To shores of Libya . But thus replied The well-skilled watcher of the silent skies: 'Not by the constellations moving ever 'Across the heavens do we guide our barks; 'For that were perilous; but by that star 'Whic...