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CanTo 1, NE GETATTFON. 31

Bend, as they Journey with projedtile force,

In bright ellipſes their reluctant courſe; 110 Orbs wheel in orbs, round centres centres roll, And form, ſelf-balanced, one revolving Whole. ---Onward they move amid their bright abode, Space without bound, THE BOSOM OF THEIR

Gop!

I. ETHEREAL PowERs! YoVv chaſe the ſhooting ſtars, Or yoke the vollied lightnings to your cars, Cling round the afrial bow with priſms bright,

And pleas'd untwiſt the ſevenfold threads of light;

Chaos are ſuppoſed to have thrown out their attendant planets by new exploſions, as they aſcended; and thoſe their reſpective

ſatellites, filling in a moment the immenſity of ſpace with light and motion, a grander idea cannot be conceived by the mind of

man.

Chaſe? the ſhooting ſtars. 1. 115. The meteors called ſhooting ſtars, the lightning, the rainbow, and the clouds, are pheno- mena of the lower regions of the atmoſphere. The twilight, the meteors called fire-balls, or flying dragons, and the northern lights, inhabit the higher regions of the atmoſphere. ce ad- ditional notes, No. 1.

Cling round the acrial bow. 1. 119. See additional notes, No. II.

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