LETTER XL 313 



Cycle and Epicycle^ Orb in Orb : 

 Already by thy reajoning this I guefs^ 

 Who art to lead thy Offsprings and fuppofejl 

 T'hat Bodies bright and greater JJ:ould ?iot ferve 

 The lejs not bright ^ nor Heaifnfuchjournies ruri^ 

 Earth Jitting ftill, when Jhe alofie receives 

 Tihe benefit : confJer firft ^ that Great 

 Or Bright infers not Excellence : T'he Earth 

 '7'hough, in comparifon of Heaven ^ fo fmall^ 

 Nor gliflering may offolid Good contain 

 More plenty than the Sun that barren Jhines^ 

 Whofe virtue on itfelf works 7io effedt^ 

 But in the fruitful Earth -, there fir jl received 

 His beams s unaBive elfe^ thetr vigour find, 

 Tet not to Earth are thofe bright Luminaries 

 Officious s but to thee Earth's inhabitant. 

 And for the Heaven's wide circuity let it fpeak 

 The Maker s high Magnificence^ who built 

 So fpacious^ and his line fir etch' d out fofar^ 

 T'hat Man may know he dwells not in his own 3 

 An Edifice too large for him to filly 

 Lodgd in a fmall partition ^ and the refi 

 Ordain d for ufes to his Lord befi known* 

 The fwiftnefs of thofe Circles attribute^ 

 Though numberlefsy to his Omnipotence 

 That to corporeal Subfiances could add 

 Speed almofi fpiritual ; me thou thinkfi Jiotfiow^ 

 Whofince the Morning hour fet out from Heaven 



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