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Thou did'st extend the waving Fields of Air,And dress the Magazines of Meteors there.
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In full Perfection shine
Thro' the low Regions of the Atmosphere,
Thy vast Elabratory, where
Aerial Furnaces Thy curious Works prepare?
From Flow'rs and Plants beneath exhaling Steams
Persuaded by the Sun's insinuating Beams
Forget their Center, and forsake their Place,
And mount to fill the Liquid Space:
Then by Thy cool Alembicks chill'd,
They soon regain their Weight, and are in Drops distill'd,
In Drops of healing Virtue, which revive
The thirsty Earth, and make faint Nature thrive.
The Compositions for Thy Works of Fire
Digested here, Maturity acquire;
Thunder and Light'ning Thy Arcana, here
Concocted ring, or flame around the Air.
The hov'ring Snow descends at Thy Command,
And spreads its downy Fleeces o'er the Land:
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Pour'd from the Crystal Quarries of the Sky,
The Earth's unguarded Face assail,
And on the Wounds they make, they weeping lie.
| A Collection of Poems on Various Subjects | |