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Sacred to the MEMORY of

Sir ISAAC NEWTON.

Infcribed to the RIGHT HONOURABLE

Sir ROBERT WALPOLE.

HALL the great foul of NEWTON quit this earth,

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To mingle with his ftars; and ev'ry Mufe,

Aftonifh'd into filence, fhun the weight

Of honours due to his illuftrious name?

But what can man?-Ev'n now the fons of light,
In ftrains high-warbled to seraphic lyre,
Hail his arrival on the coast of bliss.

Yet am not I deterr'd, tho' high the theme,
And fung to harps of angels, for with you,

· Ethereal flames! ambitious, I afpire.

In nature's general fymphony to join.

And what new wonders can ye fhow your gueft! Who, while on this dim fpot, where mortals toil

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Clouded in dust, from Motion's fimple laws,
Could trace the fecret hand of Providence,
Wide-working thro' this universal frame.

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Have ye not listen'd while he bound the Suns,
And Planets, to their spheres! th' unequal task
Of human-kind till then. Oft-had they rol'd
O'er erring man the year, and oft difgrac'd
The pride of schools, before their course was known.
Full in its caufes and effects to him,..

All-piercing sage! Who fat not down and dream'd
Romantic fchemes, defended by the din
Of specious words, and tyranny of names,
But, bidding his amazing mind attend,
And with heroic Patience years on years
Deep-fearching, faw at last the System dawn,
And shine, of all his race, on him alone.

What were his raptures then! how pure! how ftrong

And what the triumphs of old Greece and Rome,

By his diminish'd, but the pride of boys
In some small fray victorious! when instead

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Offshatter'd:parcels of this earth ufurp'd
By violence inmanly, and fore deeds
Of cruelty and blood, nature herself
• Stood all fubdu'd by him, and open laid
Her ev'ry latent glory to his view.

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All'intellectual eye, our folar round
First gazing thro', he by the blended pow'r
Of Gravitation and Projection faw
The whole in filent harmony revolve.
From unaffifted vision hid, the moons

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