This poem was referenced to illustrate how later authors captured the beliefs of sailors regarding St. Elmo's fire, including a specific quote about seeing Saint Elmo's stars.
Long after Shakespeare another author who captured those beliefs of the sailors was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow He wrote a poem called Christus A Mystery in which he said Last night I saw Saint Elmo's...
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This poem was referenced to illustrate how later authors captured the beliefs of sailors regarding St. Elmo's fire, including a specific quote about seeing Saint Elmo's stars.
Long after Shakespeare another author who captured those beliefs of the sailors was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow He wrote a poem called Christus A Mystery in which he said Last night I saw Saint Elmo's stars with their glimmering lanterns all at play on the tops of the masts and the tips of the spars and I knew we should have foul weather today