The universe; a philosophical poem. With additions and notes by A. Crocker1808 |
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... opinion of Astronomers on the number of stars , ...... n . 17 The pride of man unbecoming , .... Apostrophe to the Eternal Power , .. to Reason ,. The pursuits of mankind generally vain and trifling , The duty of man to study the works ...
... opinion of Astronomers on the number of stars , ...... n . 17 The pride of man unbecoming , .... Apostrophe to the Eternal Power , .. to Reason ,. The pursuits of mankind generally vain and trifling , The duty of man to study the works ...
Strona 2
... opinion . They consider it as a body of light , perpetually emitting refulgent rays to the full extent of the solar system ; which rays so operate on peculiar particles of bodies , that lie open to their influence , as to produce heat ...
... opinion . They consider it as a body of light , perpetually emitting refulgent rays to the full extent of the solar system ; which rays so operate on peculiar particles of bodies , that lie open to their influence , as to produce heat ...
Strona 10
... opinion proceeds from the vanity of mankind , in imagining these innumerable , immense bodies to have taken their beginning , only to fill up the train of attendants on our earthly spot ; and that the sole design of their Correct thy ...
... opinion proceeds from the vanity of mankind , in imagining these innumerable , immense bodies to have taken their beginning , only to fill up the train of attendants on our earthly spot ; and that the sole design of their Correct thy ...
Strona 10
... opinion of ourselves ? May we not more justly suppose these glorious orbs inhabited , by those numberless orders of more glorious beings which are betwixt us and our Creator ? For surely , there are more gradations , more ranks of ...
... opinion of ourselves ? May we not more justly suppose these glorious orbs inhabited , by those numberless orders of more glorious beings which are betwixt us and our Creator ? For surely , there are more gradations , more ranks of ...
Strona 14
... opinion now so gene- rally agreed to by the learned world , that it is almost needless to endeavour its defence . They shine by their own light ' tis_certain : since ' tis not possible the light of the sun should be sent to them , and ...
... opinion now so gene- rally agreed to by the learned world , that it is almost needless to endeavour its defence . They shine by their own light ' tis_certain : since ' tis not possible the light of the sun should be sent to them , and ...
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adoration Almighty animalcules animals appearance assign'd astronomer Astronomy beauty behold bright bulk canst CERES cern colour COMETS creation crocodile destin'd diameter Diff'rent dimensions and motions distance diurnal rotation earth of our's eight hundred eternal ev'ry excite firmament firmament of Heaven fixed stars flow'r give light glasses glittering globe glorious grain of sand greater number habitable world heat of planetary heavenly bodies Heavens hence HENRY BAKER hundred and forty inhabited insect Jupiter living creatures maker's mankind meanest microscope mighty millions of miles minutes Mite moon naked eye nature number of stars o'er the plain observations op'ning opinion orbit orbs papilla philosophers planet was discovered Poem pow'r pride rays reason revolution revolves rise round the sun Saturn shew skies solar system soul species spider sun and moon TAUNTON telescope thee things thou thousand miles three hundred tyger urg'd vast VESTA whence whole Universe wings wisdom wond'rous wonderful
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Strona 10 - And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Strona 37 - Each seed includes a plant : that plant, again, Has other seeds, which other plants contain : Those other plants have all their seeds ; and those, More plants, again, successively inclose. ********* So Adam's loins contain'd his large posterity, All people that have been, and all that e'er shall be.
Strona 8 - Come forth, O man, yon azure Round survey, And view those Lamps which yield eternal Day. Bring forth thy Glasses: clear thy wond'ring Eyes; Millions beyond the former Millions rise : Look farther :— Millions more blaze from remoter Skies: . . . And canst thou think, poor Worm!
Strona 31 - Strange and amazing must the difference be, 'Twixt this dull planet and bright Mercury; Yet reason says, nor can we doubt at all, Millions of beings dwell on either ball, With constitutions fitted for that spot Where Providence, all-wise, has fixed their lot.
Strona 13 - Or ought we not with reason to reply, Each lucid point which glows in yonder sky, Informs a system in the boundless space, And fills with glory its appointed place : With beams, unborrow'd, brightens other skies, And worlds, to thee unknown, with heat and life supplies.
Strona 21 - First, Mercury, amidst full tides of light, Rolls next the sun, through his small circle bright ; Our earth would blaze beneath so fierce a ray, And all its marble mountains melt away.
Strona 22 - ... can't endure : Our earth would blaze beneath fo fierce a ray, And all its marble mountains melt away. Fair Venus, next, fulfils her larger round, With fofter beams, and milder glory crown'd. Friend to mankind, me glitters from afar, Now the bright ev'ning, now the morning fiar. More diftant ftill, our earth comes rolling...
Strona 45 - The wond'rous change which is ordain'd for thee. Thou too shalt leave thy reptile form behind, And mount the skies, a pure etherial mind, There range among the stars, all bright and un[confin'd.
Strona 44 - And courts the fair ones thro' the verdant Groves. How glorious now! How chang'd since Yesterday! When on the Ground, a crawling Worm it lay, Where ev'ry Foot might tread its Soul away ! Who rais'd it thence ? And bid it range the Skies ? Gave its rich Plumage, and its brilliant Dyes ? 'Twas God : — Its God and thine, O Man, and He In this thy Fellow-Creature lets thee see, The wond'rous Change which is ordain'd for thee.
Strona 44 - Sips from each flower, and breathes the vernal skies. Its splendid plumes, in graceful order, show The various glories of the painted bow ; Where love directs, a libertine it roves, And courts the fair ones through the verdant groves.