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 Attraction of the Poles, and of Frost.
The North and South do with the Sun agree,For in them all contracting Motions be;
The Sun as he with scorching Heat doth burn,
So Cold is sharp, where North and South-pole turn:
For Atomes there are like to Pincers small,
By which they do attract and pull withall,
When Motion from the Poles shoots them about,
Mixing with porous Bodies when they're out;
And with those Pincers they do nip so close
Those Bodies, as they can no ways get loose,
Unless some Sharp and Fiery Atomes get
Betwixt those Pincers small, and so do set
Those Bodies free, just like an Awl that bores,
Or like a Pick-lock which doth open Doors;
For when they're open'd by those fiery Awls,
They let them loose, which Man a Thaw strait calls,
If not, they pinch those Bodies close together,
And then we say 'tis Cold and Frosty weather.
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