The universe; a philosophical poem. With additions and notes by A. Crocker1808 |
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... thought the readiest way to check this absur- dity , would be to sketch out a plan of the UNIVERSE ; that , by considering the grandeur of the whole , MAN might be made sensible of his own littleness and insig- nificance , except in the ...
... thought the readiest way to check this absur- dity , would be to sketch out a plan of the UNIVERSE ; that , by considering the grandeur of the whole , MAN might be made sensible of his own littleness and insig- nificance , except in the ...
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... thought most likely to curb the Pride of Man . I have advanced nothing but what the disco- veries of the learned have made most reasonable to believe . The notes subjoined will , I hope , both vindicate me and entertain my readers ...
... thought most likely to curb the Pride of Man . I have advanced nothing but what the disco- veries of the learned have made most reasonable to believe . The notes subjoined will , I hope , both vindicate me and entertain my readers ...
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... before mankind . Moses , in his account of the creation ( GEN . chap . i . ver . 16 . God made two lights the greater light to rule the day , and the lesser Now , if thou canst the mighty thought sustain , THE UNIVERSE . 11.
... before mankind . Moses , in his account of the creation ( GEN . chap . i . ver . 16 . God made two lights the greater light to rule the day , and the lesser Now , if thou canst the mighty thought sustain , THE UNIVERSE . 11.
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Henry Baker Abraham Crocker. Now , if thou canst the mighty thought sustain , If it not aches thy soul , and racks thy brain , Conceive each STAR , thou seest , another SUN , In bulk , and form , and substance like our own . light to ...
Henry Baker Abraham Crocker. Now , if thou canst the mighty thought sustain , If it not aches thy soul , and racks thy brain , Conceive each STAR , thou seest , another SUN , In bulk , and form , and substance like our own . light to ...
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... ) the rest will still roll on in their appointed courses , till the same God , in his allotted time , shall make them also undergo changes appointed for them . Now , if thou canst the mighty thought sustain , THE UNIVERSE . ' 13.
... ) the rest will still roll on in their appointed courses , till the same God , in his allotted time , shall make them also undergo changes appointed for them . Now , if thou canst the mighty thought sustain , THE UNIVERSE . ' 13.
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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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10 ページ - 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.
37 ページ - 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.
8 ページ - 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!
31 ページ - 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.
13 ページ - 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.
21 ページ - 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.
22 ページ - ... 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...
45 ページ - 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.
44 ページ - 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.
44 ページ - 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.