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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What makes Eccho.
That Motion, which doth from the Mouth proceed,Runs through the Air and doth an Eccho breed;
As several Letters in one Word do joyn,
So several Figures through the Air combine.
The Air is Wax, Words Seal and give the Print,
And so an Eccho in the Air do mint;
And while those Figures last, they Life maintain,
When Motion wears them out, is Eccho slain:
As Sugar in the Mouth doth melt with taste,
So Eccho in the Air it self doth waste.
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