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 the Motion of the Sea.
If, as we see, the Sea doth run aboutThe Earth, it leaves a space where first came out
The Tide, for Water, if't as much as Land
In Compass had, it would not stirr but stand;
Wch shews, that though the Water doth go round,
Yet is there still more Land than Water found.
But say, the Air, that's moveable without,
And thin, doth give it leave to run about;
Or as a VVheel doth make the VVater go,
So Air may cause the Sea to move and flow:
But, truly, if Air had not room to move,
It could not any other Body shove;
Besides, what drives, its strength must needs extend
Above what's driven, or else 'twere to no end;
If so, then Infinites of Strengths must lye
In Motion's power, to move Eternally.
But say, all things run in a Circle line,
And every part doth to another joyn,
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Not stir, unless some places be left bare:
For stop a VVheel's Circumference without,
Its Center too, it cannot turn about;
If Breadth and Depth were full, leaving no space,
Nothing could stir nor move out of its place.
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