vault of heaven

Atlas, who bore the vault of heaven upon his shoulders, was the father of the Hesperides, so Hercules went to him and asked him to get the apples for him.

The night sky, the “vault of heaven”, is the one feature of our environment that has been shared, and wondered at, by all humanity through the ages.

At the moment he fell still, the vault of heaven, star-studded, profound, was pierced as if by a spear.

In the midst of these delights the time seems to fly as though the sun were racing down the great vault of heaven.

It was a perfect summer night, moonless, but the whole purple vault of heaven powdered with stars.