In the Center Atoms Never Separate.

Just at¹ the center is a point that’s small,
Those atoms that are there are wedged in all.
They lie so close, firm in one body² bind,
As them no form nor³ motion can unwind.
For they are wreathed so hard about that point,     5
As they become a circle without joint.⁴⁵

1. at] in 1664, 1668
2. firm in one body] and do so firmly 1664, 1668
3. As them no form nor] No other Forme, or 1653
4. joint] a Joynt 1668
5. A marginal note in Cavendish’s 1653 text reads: “As it were without partition, but one.” In 1664 and 1668, the note reads, “Without partition or separation, for it is but one.”