Poems, and phancies written By the Thrice Noble, Illustrious, And Excellent Princess The Lady Marchioness of Newcastle [i.e. Margaret Cavendish]. The Second Impression, much Altered and Corrected |
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Flame compared to the Tide of the Sea.
Like as the Tide, so Flame doth ebb and flow:For it will sink, and then strait higher grow;
And if supprest, it in a Rage breaks out,
Spreading it self in several parts about.
Some think Salt is the cause the Sea doth move;
If so, then Salt in Flame the like may prove;
And if it be that Salt all Motions makes,
Then Life, the chief, from Salt its Motion takes.
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