The pleasures of imagination. A poem / In three books.

  • Mark Akenside
Date:
1754
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Credit: The pleasures of imagination. A poem / In three books. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Difdains to reft her heav’n-afpiring wing Beneath its native quarry. Tir’d of earth 185 And this diurnal fcene, fhe fprings aloft Thro’ fields of air ; purfues the flying ftorm ; Rides on the volley’d lightning thro’ the heav’ns; Or yok’d with whirlwinds and the northern blaff. Sweeps the long trad of day. Then high fhe foars The blue profound, and hovering round the fun 191 Beholds him pouring the redundant ftream Of light; beholds his unrelenting fway Bend the reludant planets to abfolve The fated rounds of time. Thence far effus’d 195 She darts her fwiftnefs up the long career Of devious comets ; thro’ its burning figns Exulting meafures the perennial wheel Of nature, and looks back on all the Ears, Whofe blended light, as with a milky zone, 200 Invefts the orient. Now amaz’d fhe views Th’ empyreal wafte, where happy fpirits hold, » ' Beyond ‘77/ empyreal rwajlel] Ne fe peut-il point qul y a un grand efpacc audela de la region d? stdies? £>ue ce foit Is del empyreet