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A Star, is now shot hither from the North;
But, what events the same will usher forth
I cannot tell; nor (though the Morning's bright)
What clouds may overshadow us ere night;
And, therefore, I must wait a while, to heed
With what Aspects those Planets will proceed
Which regulate our Clime, before I can
Conclude on anything design'd by man.
The greatest Planet, that appears in heaven
Hath no more influence than one in seven;
And, from malevolence, we are not free
While Mars and Saturne in conjunction be,
Although to comfort us, we may receive
Fair promisings, from all the other five;
Except that he who plac'd them in their Orbs
Their Constellations qualifies and curbs;
And, they are lying Prophets, who shall dare
In his name, any sequel to declare,
As absolute, and not conditional,
Relating meerly to to things temporal:
For, that could only, but a means become,
To make men desperate, or to presume.
But, what events the same will usher forth
I cannot tell; nor (though the Morning's bright)
What clouds may overshadow us ere night;
And, therefore, I must wait a while, to heed
With what Aspects those Planets will proceed
Which regulate our Clime, before I can
Conclude on anything design'd by man.
The greatest Planet, that appears in heaven
Hath no more influence than one in seven;
And, from malevolence, we are not free
While Mars and Saturne in conjunction be,
Although to comfort us, we may receive
Fair promisings, from all the other five;
Except that he who plac'd them in their Orbs
Their Constellations qualifies and curbs;
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In his name, any sequel to declare,
As absolute, and not conditional,
Relating meerly to to things temporal:
For, that could only, but a means become,
To make men desperate, or to presume.
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