 | Arthur Aikin - 1809 - 832 pages
...microscope, and bis history of tne polype. Its de« First Mercury, »midst fall rides of light, Rolk next the Sun, through his small circle bright. All...and pure : Bodies like our's such ardor can't endure : sign is fully set forth in the title- Our earth would blaze beneath so fierce _ page ; of its execution,... | |
 | John Platts - 1822 - 844 pages
...; Of all the planets the directing soul, That heightens and invigorates the whole. BROWN. MERCURY. First, Mercury, amidst full tides of light, Rolls...his small circle bright ; All that dwell there must oe refined and pure, Bodies like ours such ardour can't endure ; Our earth would blaze beneath so fierce... | |
 | 1838 - 504 pages
...ASTRONOMICAL NOTICES, FOR MARCH, 1840. BY MR. WILLIAM ROGERSON, of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. " FIRST MERCURY, amidst full tides of light, Rolls next the Sun, through his small circle bright. Fair VENUS, next, fulfils her larger round, With softer beams and milder glory crown'd ; Friend to... | |
 | Horace Wellbeloved - 1826 - 138 pages
...establishments. it in the first instance in one of our royal parks, and, in all probability, lay THE UNIVERSE. FIRST Mercury, amidst full tides of light, Rolls next the Sun, through bis small ciicle bright. All that dwell there, must be so refln'd and pure ; Bodies like our's such... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1841 - 486 pages
...exhibition of the truth of the doctrine of universal gravitation. LETTER XX. PLANETS. MERCURY AND VENUS. " First, Mercury, amidst full tides of light, Rolls next the sun, through his small circle bright; Our earth would blaze beneath so fierce a ray, And all its marble mountains melt away. Fair Venus next... | |
 | 1842 - 432 pages
...his home beyond the sky, In angelic purity. J. c. in III. MERCURY AND VENUS. " First, Mercury, amid full tides of light, Rolls next the sun, through his small circle bright ; All that dwell here must be refined and pure, Bodies, like ours, such ardour can't endure ; Our earth would blaze... | |
 | 1843 - 316 pages
...To his home beyond the sky, In angelie purity. jc in III. MERCURY AND VENUS. " First, Mercury, amid full tides of light, Rolls next the sun, through his small circle bright ; All that dwell here must he refined and pure, Bodies, like ours, such ardour can't endure ; Our earth would blaze... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1855 - 484 pages
...exhibition of the truth of the doctrine of universal gravitation LETTER XX. PLANETS. MERCURY AND VENUS. " First, Mercury, amidst full tides of light, Rolls next the sun, through his small circle bright ; Our earth would blaze beneath so fierce a ray, And all its marble mountains melt away. Fair Venus... | |
 | John Millard (assistant librarian of the Surrey inst) - 1834 - 466 pages
...limpid spring, and falling stream, Submits to radiant Herme's reigning beam. MERCURY. ROWE'S LUCAN. First Mercury amidst full tides of light, Rolls next...small circle bright. All that dwell there must be refined and pure ; Bodies like ours, such ardour can't endure ; Our earth would blaze beneath so fierce... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1840 - 458 pages
...exhibition of the truth of the doctrine of universal gravitation LETTER XX. PLANETS. MERCURY AND VENUS. " First, Mercury, amidst full tides of light, Rolls next the sun, through his small circle bright ; Our earth would blaze beneath so fierce a ray, And all its marble mountains melt away. Fair Venus... | |
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First, Mercury, amidst full tides of light, Rolls next the sun, through his small circle bright ; Our earth would blaze beneath so fierce a ray, And all its marble mountains melt away. 