vault of heaven
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There a bridge will be built, reaching from Manhattan to the vault of heaven.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the moment he fell still, the vault of heaven, star-studded, profound, was pierced as if by a spear.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Some of the stars which we see in the vault of heaven, are globes, like it; some smaller than the earth, some larger.
From The Plurality of Worlds by Edward Hitchcock
This profound repose! every shadow sleeping just where it lay, when I used to wonder what immeasurable depth of waters could so represent the vault of heaven!
From Discipline by Mary Brunton
