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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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Of Loose Atomes.

In every Brain there do Loose Atomes lye,
Those which are sharp, from them do Fancies fly;
Long Aiery Atomes nimble are and free,
But Round and Square ones dull and sleepy be.