To say that it rose to the stars is no mere metaphor, for the sky had cleared to that occasional and astonishing transparency in which one can see plainly both stars and moon.
说它升向群星,并非只是比喻;天空已变得分外澄澈,那是偶尔才出现、令人惊叹的透明,星辰与月亮都清晰可见。
— G. K. Chesterton · The Ball and the Cross · XV · The Dream of MacIan —