2JO . JOB MILITANT. , Say, where wert thou; when.thefe my hands diii_lay· The ?jorlds ~oundation? canfl: thou ~ell n1e? Say~ W <ts ~arch not meafur'd by thts Arm ofmine? · Whofehand.did aid me? was I help'd by thine .1· . Where wert thou, when thePlanets firft did bla_z~~ ·. · ·And in ;heir Spheres fang forth their Mak@\'s Fr(!.ife ·~ . ~ Who is c that tames the raging ofthc Seas, . And fwathes themup in Mifi:s when e'r he plcafe ~ Didft thou divide uhe Darknefs from tT1e Light ?. Or knowll: thou whence Aurora.rakes hedlight? l>idfi: e'r inquire iQl2 the Seas Abyfs, __ ...· . . Or m1rk'd the Earmof whar a bulk fhe· is~ . Knowil: thou the·place where Light er Darknefs (prings ~. ~an thy deep age un6~1~ 'tqef~ ~ecret.t~lings . ~ } Knowft tholl the caufe of Snow or H111, whtch a.r~ My fierce·Arcill''ty in my time o{ War ? . · Whoh't chat rends the gloo'ti.1y;Clo4-ds in (urid~r,' Whofe fuddert rap~ure ftrikes forth fire aRd thunder ? 0~ !Vha .b.edew3 the E.arth with.g..emle fhowers, · Fjlling her pregnant foil with fruit5 a.nd tlO\~ers ~. . What F :tther got the Rain·? from what chtHwomh Dld Frofts, a!ld 4ard.congealed waters come_? , _ .. .,.. C:tnft tho~. reftrain. fai~ M_:ti~~s~o~trfe, or fiiint her,j' ·... rr ;, ~ Or fad Ort().?l uiheruig l'l'i the Wmtcr '? -~·'I r "''· · Wlll fcorching.Canatr anhyf~rnmoM conie? .·,' ·. -~ ...~ Or Sun-burnt Autumn with:her frllitful wo-mb ? · · · Knowfi: thou Heweri.s courfe above, or dd'ft thou know · . Thofe gentle infl~tences he're -below ? • Who was't ilflfpir~J chy foul with urid'ertta.ndmg; And gave ~hy fpirit cjle .fpirit' of appr.ehcndmg ?. Daft choll 'comman·a the Ciflerns of the Sky ;roquerich the thir!ty foil·· ~ or is it: I ?' , Nay, let chy practice co·che ~arch defccalf, Prove ~here, how far thy power do~h· excen; .: .. . ' ~From chy full h;md will hungry L10ns eat . .. ,F~edfi thou th~ empry R.~vem; ~hlt cry fo~ meat 1 . S:tt'il (
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