Draind through a Limbec to his Native forme. [ 605 ]

By his Magnetic beam, that gently warms

Dispenses Light from farr; they as they move

Down right into the Worlds first Region throws

Turn swift thir various motions, or are turnd

If mettal, part seemd Gold, part Silver cleer; [ 595 ]

Through the calm Firmament; but up or downe

He views in bredth, and without longer pause

The

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Univers, and to each inward part

He stayd not to enquire: above them all

If stone, Carbuncle most or Chrysolite,

Stars distant, but nigh hand seemd other Worlds,

Or other Worlds they seemd, or happy Iles,

In Aarons Brest-plate, and a stone besides

Compard with aught on Earth, Medal or Stone;

With gentle penetration, though unseen, [ 585 ]

Or Longitude, where 九九藏书the great Luminarie

So wondrously was set his Station bright.

Like those Hesperian Gardens famd of old,

Astronomer in the Suns lucent Orbe

That from his Lordly eye keep distance due,

By center, or eccentric, hard to tell, [ 575 ]

Not all parts like, but all alike informd

In vain, though by thir powerful Art they binde

Thir Starry dance in numbers that compute [ 580 ]

Philosophers in vain so long have sought,

There lands the Fiend, a spot like which perhaps

Andromeda farr off Atlantic Seas

The place he found beyond expression bright,

That stone, or like to that which here below [ 600 ]

Volatil Hermes, and call up unbound

So high above the circling Canopie

Through the pure marble Air his oblique way

Through his glazd Optic Tube yet never saw. [ 590 藏书网]

His flight precipitant, and windes with ease

Of Nights extended shade; from Eastern Point

Alooff the vulgar Constellations thick,

Beyond th Horizon; then from Pole to Pole [ 560 ]

Allurd his eye: Thither his course he bends

The golden Sun in splendor likest Heaven

Thrice happy Iles, but who dwelt happy there [ 570 ]

Of Libra to the fleecie Starr that bears

Imagind rather oft then els九_九_藏_书_网ewhere seen,

Rubie or Topaz, to the Twelve that shon

Days, months, & years, towards his all-chearing Lamp

In various shapes old Proteus from the Sea,

Fortunate Fields, and Groves and flourie Vales,

Amongst innumerable Starrs, that shon [ 565 ]

Round he surveys, and well might, where he stood [ 555 ]

With radiant light, as glowing Iron with fire;

Shoots invisible vertue even to the deep: