{"id":740,"date":"2017-06-11T23:04:24","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T23:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=740"},"modified":"2019-05-11T01:16:27","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T01:16:27","slug":"all-sharp-atoms-do-run-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=740","title":{"rendered":"All Sharp Atoms Do Run to the Center, and Those that Settle Not, by Reason of the Straightness of the Place, Fly out to the Circumference. Sharp Atoms Running to the Center Make a Sun."},"content":{"rendered":"<span id='easy-footnote-1-740' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=740#easy-footnote-bottom-1-740' title='In 1653 this poem is called \u201cAll Sharp Atoms Do Run to the Center, and Those that Settle Not, by Reason of the Straightness of the Place, Fly out to the Circumference. Sharp Atoms to the Center Make a Sun.\u201d and in 1664 and 1668 \u201cAll Sharp Atoms Do Run to the Center, and Those that Settle Not, by Reason of the Straightness of the Place, Fly out to the Circumference. Sharp Atoms Running to the Center Make the Sun.\u201d'><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All atoms sharp to every center fly,<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And in the midst of th\u2019Earth and<span id='easy-footnote-2-740' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=740#easy-footnote-bottom-2-740' title='And in the midst of th\u2019Earth and] In midst of Earth, and midst of 1653'><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> planets lie,<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And in those planets there are centers too,<span id='easy-footnote-3-740' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=740#easy-footnote-bottom-3-740' title='A marginal note in Cavendish\u2019s 1653 text reads: \u201cThe sun in the midst of the planets, which are sharp atoms.\u201d'><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where the sharp atoms with quick motion go.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And to the center of the Earth they run, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There gathering close, and so become a sun.<span id='easy-footnote-4-740' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=740#easy-footnote-bottom-4-740' title='A marginal note in Cavendish\u2019s 1664 and 1668 texts reads: \u201cSome opinions hold that there is a sun in the center of the Earth.\u201d'><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the ax whereon the Earth turns round,<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And gives the heat which in the Earth is found;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A world of fire: thus may we guess the sun,<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If all sharp atoms to the center run. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For why the sun amongst the planets round,<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just as a center, in the midst is found.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And fix\u00e8d stars, which give a twinkling light<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are center-worlds<span id='easy-footnote-5-740' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=740#easy-footnote-bottom-5-740' title='center&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&amp;#8211;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;worlds] &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Center Worlds&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; 1653; &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Centre Worlds&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; 1664'><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> of fire, which do shine<span id='easy-footnote-6-740' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=740#easy-footnote-bottom-6-740' title='which do shine] that shineth 1653'><sup>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> bright.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All atoms sharp to every center fly, And in the midst of th\u2019Earth and planets lie, And in those planets there are centers too, Where the sharp atoms with quick motion go. And to the center of the Earth they run, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 There gathering close, and so become a sun. This is the ax &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=740\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">All Sharp Atoms Do Run to the Center, and Those that Settle Not, by Reason of the Straightness of the Place, Fly out to the Circumference. 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