And thence we came forth to see again the stars

And we came forth to contemplate the stars.

E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle.
And so we came forth, and once again beheld the stars.

Thence we came forth to rebehold the stars.

We climbed, he first and I behind, until though a small round opening ahead of us, I saw the lovely things the heavens hold, and we came out to see once more the stars.

"e quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle" ("and thence we came forth to see again the stars")

And following its path, we took no care
To rest, but climbed: he first, then I — so far,
Through a round aperture I saw appear
Some of the beautiful things that Heaven bears,
Where we came forth, and once more saw the stars.

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

The greatest part of human existence was spent in such a time. Over the dying embers of the campfire, on a moonless night, we watched the stars.

And then, the stars came out. It was like that first night of childhood when his father had taken him out beyond the city to a hill where the lights could not diminish the Universe. And there were a thousand, no ten thousand, no ten million billion stars filling the darkness. The stars were manifold and bright, and they did not care. Even then he had known: they do not care. If I breathe or do not breathe, live or die, the eyes that look from all around don’t care.

Late this evening I looked at the sky and saw the stars. I felt as if it was the first time I had ever looked at them.
I was stunned.
The stars made an extraordinary impression on me

Outside, in the newly fallen darkness, the world had been transformed. The sky had become a glistening tapestry of stars.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Some saw stars, it seemed, and some saw the spaces between them.