Then dwells She _not_ therein, as in a tent, Nor as a pilot, in his ship doth sit, Nor as a spider, in her web is pent, Nor as the wax retains the print in it: Nor as a vessel, water doth contain, Nor as one liquor, in another shed, Nor as the heat doth in the fire remain, Nor as a voice, throughout the air is spread. But as the fair and cheerful Morning Light Doth, here and there, her silver beams impart: And, in an instant, doth herself unite To the transparent air, in all and part. Still resting whole, when blows, the air divide, Abiding pure, when th'air is most corrupted; Throughout the air, her beams dispersing wide; And, when the air is tost, not interrupted! So doth the piercing Soul, the Body fill, Being all in all, and all in part diffused? Indivisible! incorruptible still! Not forced! encountered! troubled! or confused! And as the Sun above, the light doth bring, Though we behold it in the air below; So from th' Eternal Light, the Soul doth spring, Though in the body, She her powers do show. [Sidenote: How the Soul doth exercise her powers in the Body.] But as this world's sun doth effects beget, Diverse in divers places, every day, Here, Autumn's temperature! there, Summer's heat! Here, flowery Spring-tide! and there, Winter grey! Here, Even! there, Morn! here, Noon! there, Day! there, Night! Melts wax! dries clay! makes flowers some quick, some dead! Makes the Moor black! and th'European, white! Th'American tawny! and th'East Indian red! So in our little world, this Soul of ours, Being only One, and to one Body tied, Doth use on divers objects, diverse powers, And so are her effects diversified. [Sidenote: The Vegetative or Quickening Power.] Her Quick'ning Power in every living part, Doth as a Nurse, or as a Mother serve; And doth employ her economic art, And busy care, her household to preserve. Here, She attracts! and there, She doth retain, There, She decocts, and doth the food prepare, There, She distributes it to every vein, There, She expels, what She may fitly spare. This power to MARTHA, may compared be, Which busy was, the household things to do; Or to a Dryas living in a tree, For even to trees, this power is proper too. And though the Soul may not this power extend Out of the body, but still use it there; She hath a Power, which she abroad doth send, Which views and searcheth all things everywhere. [Sidenote: The power of Sense.] This Power is Sense, which from abroad doth bring, The Colour, Taste, and Touch, and Scent, and Sound, The Quantity, and shape of everything Within th'earth's centre or heaven's circle found.