{"id":656,"date":"2017-06-09T22:20:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T22:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=656"},"modified":"2019-04-26T18:02:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T18:02:09","slug":"of-the-attraction-of-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=656","title":{"rendered":"Of the Attraction of the Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/b><\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When all those atoms which in rays<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> do spread
\n<\/span>Are<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> ranged long, like to a slender thread,
\n<\/span>They do not scattered fly, but join in length,
\n<\/span>And being joined, though small, add to their strength.
\n<\/span>The further forth they stream, more weak become,<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span> 5
\n<\/span>Although those beams<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> are fastened to the sun.<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>For all those rays which Motion down doth send<\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Sharp atoms are, which from the sun descend;<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>And as they flow in several streams and rays,
\n<\/span>They stick their points in all that stop their ways, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> 10
\n<\/span>Like needle points, whereon doth something stick,
\n<\/span>No passage<\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span> make, having no force<\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span> to prick.<\/span>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Thus<\/span>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span> being stopped, they straightways<\/span>13<\/sup><\/a><\/span> back do run,
\n<\/span>Drawing those bodies with them to the sun.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When all those atoms which in rays do spread Are ranged long, like to a slender thread, They do not scattered fly, but join in length, And being joined, though small, add to their strength. The further forth they stream, more weak become, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 5 Although those beams are fastened to the … Continue reading Of the Attraction of the Sun<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-part1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=656"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":659,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656\/revisions\/659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}