bespangle

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Those orbs, seemingly countless—which bespangle the dark robe of night—have a charm and beauty of their own apart from the significance with which the science of astronomy has invested them.

From Myths and Marvels of Astronomy by Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony)

Let them give up their unspeakably silly ambition to bespangle their lists of officers with these doctorial titles.

From Memories and Studies by James, Henry

Go out in the evening and see the dew gather drop by drop upon the grass, or trace the delicate hoar-frost crystals which bespangle every blade on a winter's morning.

From The Fairy-Land of Science by Buckley, Arabella B.

O sweet are the scenes of my boyhood's sunny years That bespangle the gay valley o'er; And dear are the friends, seen through memory's fond tears, That have lived in the blest days of yore.

From Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel by Glazier, Willard W.

The stars, which to the number of several millions bespangle the sky, are not scattered uniformly.

From The Story of the Heavens by Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir