A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold,

And pavement stars,—as stars to thee appear

Seen in the galaxy, that milky way

Which nightly as a circling zone thou seest

Powder'd with stars.

John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost. Book vii. Line 577.

Earth proudly wears the Parthenon

As the best gem upon her zone.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882): The Problem.