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The sacred theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Containing an account of the original of the Earth, and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consummation of all things.Burnet, Thomas

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The sacred theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Containing an account of the original of the Earth, and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consummation of all things.

Name: The sacred theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Containing an account of the original of the Earth, and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consummation of all things.
Author: Burnet, Thomas

Burnet, Thomas

Cosmology -- Early works to 1800; Creation -- Early works to 1800; Earth (Planet) -- Early works to 1800; Keill, John, 1671-1721. Examination of Dr. Burnet's theory of the earth; Philosophy, Ancient -- Early works to 1800; Warren, Erasmus, 1642?-1718. Geologia

Non usitatum carminis alitem,
                   BURNETTE, poscis, non humiles modos:
                     Vulgare plectrum, languidæque
                       Respuis officium camœnæ.
                   Tu mixta rerum semina conscius,
                   Molémque cernis dissociabilem,
                     Terrámque concretam, & latentem
                       Oceanum gremio capaci:
                   Dum veritatem quærere pertinax
                   Ignota pandis, sollicitus parùm
                     Utcunque stet commune vulgi
                       Arbitrium & popularis error.
                   Auditur ingens continuò fragor,
                   Illapsa tellus lubrica deserit
                     Fundamina, & compage fractà
                       Suppositas gravis urget undas.
                   Impulsus erumpit medius liquor,
                   Terras aquarum effusa licentia
                     Claudit vicissim: has inter orbis
                       Reliquiæ fluitant prioris.
                   Nunc & recluso carcere lucidam
                   Balæna spectat solis imaginem,
                     Stellasque miratur natantes,
                       Et tremulæ simulacra lunæ.
                   Quæ pompa vocum non imitablis!
                   Qualis calescit spiritus ingenî!
                     Ut tollis undas! ut frementem
                       Diluvii reprimis tumultum!
                   Quis tam valenti pectore ferreus
                   Ut non tremiscens & timido pede
                     Incedat, orbis dum dolosi
                       Detegis instabiles ruinas?
                   Quin hæc cadentûm fragmina montium
                   Natura vultum sumere simplicem
                     Coget resingens, in priorem
                       Mox iterum reditura formam.
                   Nimbis rubentem sulphureis Jovem
                   Cernas; ut udis sævit atrox Hyems
                     Incendiis, commune mundo
                       Et populis meditata Bustum!
                   Nudus liquentes plorat Athos nives,
                   Et mox liquescens ipse adamantinum
                     Fundit cacumen, dum per imas
                       Saxa fluunt resoluta valles.
                   Jamque alta cœli mœnia corruunt,
                   Et vestra tandem pagina (proh nefas!)
                     BURNETTE, vestra augebit ignes,
                       Heu socio peritura mundo.
                   Mox æqua tellus, mox subitus viror
                   Ubique rident: En teretem Globum!
                     En læta vernantis Favonî
                       Flamina, perpetuósque flores!
                   O pectus ingens! O animum gravem,
                   Mundi capacem! si bonus auguror,
                     Te, nostra quo tellus superbit,
                       Accipiet renovata civem.

_Jo. Addison, è Coll. Magd. Oxon. 1699._




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