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.
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.
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.
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