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Preserving HEALTH.
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Nor less the warmer living tribes demand
The fost'ring fun: whose energy divine
340Dwells not in mortal fire; whose generous heat
Glows thro' the mass of grosser elements,
And kindles into life the pond'rous spheres.
Chear'd by thy kind invigorating warmth,
We court thy beams, great majesty of day!
345If not the soul, the regent of this world,
First born of heaven, and only less than God!
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