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The UNIVERSE.
Observe how regular the Planets run,
In stated Times their Courses round the Sun.
Diff'rent their Bulk, their Distance, their Career,
And diff'rent much the Compass of their Year:
Yet, All, the same eternal Laws obey,
While God's unerring Finger points their Way.
In stated Times their Courses round the Sun.
Diff'rent their Bulk, their Distance, their Career,
And diff'rent much the Compass of their Year:
Yet, All, the same eternal Laws obey,
While God's unerring Finger points their Way.
First, Mercury, amidst full Tides of Light,
Rolls next the Sun, through his small Circle bright.
All that dwells here, must be refin'd and pure:
Bodies like ours such Ardour can't endure:
Our Earth would blaze beneath so fierce a Ray,
And all its Marble Mountains melt away.
Rolls next the Sun, through his small Circle bright.
All that dwells here, must be refin'd and pure:
Bodies like ours such Ardour can't endure:
Our Earth would blaze beneath so fierce a Ray,
And all its Marble Mountains melt away.
Fair Venus, next, fulfils her larger Round,
With softer Beams, and milder Glory crown'd.
Friend to Mankind, she glitters from a-far,
Now the bright Ev'ning, now the Morning Star.
With softer Beams, and milder Glory crown'd.
Friend to Mankind, she glitters from a-far,
Now the bright Ev'ning, now the Morning Star.
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