The universe. A philosophical poem. Intended to restrain the pride of man / By Henry Baker.

  • Baker, Henry, 1698-1774
Date:
[1746]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The universe. A philosophical poem. Intended to restrain the pride of man / By Henry Baker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    - Does he not make thy very Marrow fry? Canft Thou behold him with a ftedfaft Eye? Why doft thou turn and hide Thee from his Sight ? i Is he, indeed, unfufferably bright? Think then, How glorious muft that Pow’r be - Whofe Hand has form’d ten thoufand fuch ashe! ~ See, fe the Weft, he downward bends his Way, © ! Looks kindly back and gives a milder Ray : The Clouds around him, beauteous to behold, - Blufh with Carnation Streaks, and flame with Gold. “Home from the Fields the hungry Swains repair : The whift’ling Shepherd folds his bleating Care: - 7 The Birds, in Couples, feek the gloomy Groves, _ And droop their Heads, forgetful of their Loves : _ The Bat in wanton Circles flutters round : The fparkling Glow-worm glitters on the Ground : Night draws her fable Curtains o’er the Plain, _ And Silence re-aflumes her awful Reign, Ba : Sleep