The UNIVERSE.
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Where he commands, their glorious Light dispence,
And as he wills exert their Influence.
And as he wills exert their Influence.
Along the Skies the Sun obliquely rolls,
Forsakes, by turns, and visits both the Poles.
Diff'rent his Track; but constant his Career,
Divides the Times, and measures out the Year.
To Climes returns where freezing Winter reigns,
Unbinds the Glebe, and fructifies the Plains.
The crackling Ice dissolves: the Rivers flow:
Vines crown the Mountain Tops, and Corn the Vales below.
Forsakes, by turns, and visits both the Poles.
Diff'rent his Track; but constant his Career,
Divides the Times, and measures out the Year.
To Climes returns where freezing Winter reigns,
Unbinds the Glebe, and fructifies the Plains.
The crackling Ice dissolves: the Rivers flow:
Vines crown the Mountain Tops, and Corn the Vales below.
When he appoints, the horned Moon renews
Her waining Light, and her whole Visage shews:
Fulfils her Course in Circles yet unknown,
And cheers Mankind with Lustre not her own.—
Pale Terror flies before her friendly Ray,
The Traveller, benighted, finds his Way:
Her waining Light, and her whole Visage shews:
Fulfils her Course in Circles yet unknown,
And cheers Mankind with Lustre not her own.—
Pale Terror flies before her friendly Ray,
The Traveller, benighted, finds his Way:
Her
