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Survey the magnet’s sympathetic love, That woos the yielding needle; contemplate Th’ attractive amber’s power, invisible Ev’n to the mental eye; or when the blow Sent from th’ electric sphere assaults thy frame, Show me the hand that dealt it!—Baffled here By His Omnipotence, Philosophy Slowly her thoughts inadequate revolves, And stands with all His circling wonders round her, Like heavy Saturn, in th’ ethereal space Begirt with an inexplicable ring.
Survey the magnet’s sympathetic love, That woos the yielding needle; contemplate Th’ attractive amber’s power, invisible Ev’n to the mental eye; or when the blow Sent from th’ electric sphere assaults thy frame, Show me the hand that dealt it!—Baffled here By His Omnipotence, Philosophy Slowly her thoughts inadequate revolves, And stands with all His circling wonders round her, Like heavy Saturn, in th’ ethereal space Begirt with an inexplicable ring.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 441 · printed citation: Smart · subject: PHILOSOPHY
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