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This to define, I verily ſuppoſe,
There is no Creature, but the Angels, knows.
But by what Mean, or whatſoever thing,
The Lord made Light upon this Day to ſpring.
We're ſure that Light, that pure and precious Creature,
Is the moſt ancient of the Works of Nature;
And ſo it may be called God's firſt born,
Which doth all Beauties of the Earth adorn.
This Creature, Light, we juſtly may admire,
Its bears ſuch Likeneſs to its heavenly Sire;
Making of which, the Lord did then conclude
The firſt Day's Work, and then did call it good.
The Waters now which at this Time did ſo
O'er all the Surface of the Earth o'erflow,
As if the World an Ocean it had been,
And then no Spot of Land was to be ſeen.
The ſecond Day a Firmament ſo wide,
The Lord did make the Waters to divide;
On which expanded Firmament and Air,
The Waters running on Earth-Surface there:
From off the Earth Part of them then was drain'd
Up to the Clouds exhal'd, and there contain'd,
Till at God's Pleaſure down again they're rain'd.
Another Part of theſe muſt ſink and go
Unto the ſubterranean Caves below.
What ſtill remain'd on Earth, the Lord did make
Unto their proper Channels to betake;
Diſperſ'd them into leſs or more Degrees,
Of running Water, Rivers, Lakes and Seas.
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