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

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

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

The Univers, and to each inward part

Amongst innumerable Starrs, that shon [ 565 ]

Through the calm Firmament; but up or downe

In Aarons Brest-plate, and a stone besides

Philosophers in vain so long have sought,

Strｅaｄ.9９ｃｓw•ｃｏｍars distant, but nigh hand seemd other Worlds,

Of Nights extended shade; from Eastern Point

There lands the Fiend, a spot like which perhaps

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

By his Magnetic beam, that gently warms

In vain, though by thir powerful Art they binde

Imagind rather oft then elsewhere seen,

Compard with aught on Earth, Medal or Stone;

Ro九九藏書und he surveys, and well might, where he stood [ 555 ]

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

Shoots invisible vertue even to the deep:

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

Fortunate Fields, and Groves and flourie Vales,

In various shapes old Proteus from the Sea,

Of Libra to the fleecie Starr that bears

By center, or eccentric, hard to tell, [九-九-藏-書 575 ]

Or other Worlds they seemd, or happy Iles,

Turn swift thir various motions, or are turnd

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

Allurd his eye: Thither his course he bends

He stayd not to enquire: above them all

Astronomer in the Suns lucent Orbe

If stone, Carbuncle most or Chrysolite,

His flight precipitant, and windes with ease

The place he found beyond e九*九*藏*書xpression bright,

That from his Lordly eye keep distance due,

With gentle penetration, though unseen, [ 585 ]

The golden Sun in splendor likest Heaven

Thir Starry dance in numbers that compute [ 580 ]

With radiant light, as glowing Iron with fire;

Or Longitude, where the great Luminarie

Through the pure marble Air his oblique way

He views in bredth, and without longer pause

So high a九*九*藏*書bove the circling Canopie

Dispenses Light from farr; they as they move

Alooff the vulgar Constellations thick,

Rubie or Topaz, to the Twelve that shon

Not all parts like, but all alike informd

Andromeda farr off Atlantic Seas

Volatil Hermes, and call up unbound

Like those Hesperian Gardens famd of old,

Down right into the Worlds first Region throws

So wondrously was set his Station bright.