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Several Occasions.
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Tho' the four Winds his scatter'd Atoms bear
To Earth's Extremes thro' all th' Expanse of Air;
Yet bursting glorious from the silent Clay,
He mounts triumphant to eternal Day.

So when the Sun rouls down th' ethereal Plain,
Extinct his Splendors in the whelming Main:
A transient Night Earth, Air, and Heav'n invades,
Eclips'd in Horrors of surrounding Shades:
But soon, emerging with a fresher Ray,
He starts exultant, and renews the Day.

Endpiece from 'Poems on Several Occasions' by William Broome (1739, 2nd edition)
Endpiece from 'Poems on Several Occasions' by William Broome (1739, 2nd edition)

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