{"id":680,"date":"2017-06-09T22:37:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T22:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=680"},"modified":"2019-05-10T19:06:14","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T19:06:14","slug":"of-the-attraction-of-the-poles-and-of-frost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=680","title":{"rendered":"Of the Attraction of the Poles, and of Frost"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nThe North and South do with the sun agree,
\n<\/span>For in them all contracting motions be.
\n<\/span>The sun as he with scorching heat doth burn,
\n<\/span>So cold is sharp, where North and South Pole turn:<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>For atoms there are like to pincers small, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> 5
\n<\/span>By which they do attract, and pull<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> withall.<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>When motion from the poles shoots them about,
\n<\/span>Mixing with porous bodies when they\u2019re out.
\n<\/span>And with those pincers small those bodies nip,<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>So close and hard, they cannot from them get,<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> 10
\n<\/span>Unless some sharp and fiery atoms get<\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Betwixt those pincers small, and so do set<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>Those bodies free, just<\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span> like an awl that bores,
\n<\/span>Or like a picklock, which doth open doors.
\n<\/span>For when they\u2019re opened by those fiery awls, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a015
\n<\/span>Let go their holds,<\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span> which men<\/span>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span> a thaw straight calls.
\n<\/span>If not, they pinch those bodies close together,
\n<\/span>And then we<\/span>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span> say it is hard<\/span>13<\/sup><\/a><\/span> frosty weather.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The North and South do with the sun agree, For in them all contracting motions be. The sun as he with scorching heat doth burn, So cold is sharp, where North and South Pole turn: For atoms there are like to pincers small, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 By which they do attract, and pull withall. When motion … Continue reading Of the Attraction of the Poles, and of Frost<\/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-680","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\/680","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=680"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2588,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions\/2588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}