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[Do'st thou behold, this little ball?]
O thou of little faith why did'st thou doubt.
Matth. 14. vers. 31.
Do'st thou behold, this little ball?
These fleeting bubbles? this round toy?
Which children well may play withall,
And with a wanton breath destroy.
These fleeting bubbles? this round toy?
Which children well may play withall,
And with a wanton breath destroy.
Though it be small, upon it lie's
The spreading heavens contracted face;
And the vast volume of the skies
Designed in so strait a space.
The spreading heavens contracted face;
And the vast volume of the skies
Designed in so strait a space.
That sea of light, which sent forth streams
(And yet is inexhaustible
And never poor) of golden beams
Can on these lines his courses tell;
(And yet is inexhaustible
And never poor) of golden beams
Can on these lines his courses tell;
Whether he towards the Crab doth roul,
Or give's the Ram a fleece of gold,
Whether we warmth in's presence feel
Or in his absence biteing cold;
Or give's the Ram a fleece of gold,
Whether we warmth in's presence feel
Or in his absence biteing cold;
There's near a lesser light but here
(Whether 't be fix't or more unstaid)
Doth in a fained course appear
And in its motion is displaid.
(Whether 't be fix't or more unstaid)
Doth in a fained course appear
And in its motion is displaid.
Yet ne're the less, doth every one
(Uninterrupted undisturb'd)
Go in its former motion,
Free, and no more then ever curb'd:
(Uninterrupted undisturb'd)
Go in its former motion,
Free, and no more then ever curb'd:
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The sun gild's and benight's the moon;
whom th'Ocean flatter's as before,
And doth, where shee'l lead him run,
Nor are the planets wandrings more;
whom th'Ocean flatter's as before,
And doth, where shee'l lead him run,
Nor are the planets wandrings more;
They do not sure; and if thine eyes
Discover what thou art within;
That spirit which imprison'd lies
What a vast essence will be seen?
Discover what thou art within;
That spirit which imprison'd lies
What a vast essence will be seen?
Stay her within the bounds of sence
Imagination's infinite;
But with that heavie load dispence,
Then she can take a vaster flight;
Imagination's infinite;
But with that heavie load dispence,
Then she can take a vaster flight;
Nay grasp whole heaven, though it be
Without all measure and all end;
For in her strength and power be
The greatest things to comprehend.
Without all measure and all end;
For in her strength and power be
The greatest things to comprehend.
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Epigram. 2.
This globe ha's somewhat in't of every star,Mans soul of each thing some small character,
How els could a pure intellect be seen
To turn at any time, to any thing?
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