John Milton on World
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“Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth.”
“A boundless continent, Dark, waste, and wild, under the frown of night Starless expos'd.”
“The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.”
“Hanging in a golden chain This pendent world, in bigness as a star Of smallest magnitude close by the moon.”
“Then stayed the fervid wheels, and in his hand He took the golden compasses, prepared In God's eternal store, to circumscribe This universe and all created things: One foot he centred, and the other turned Round through the vast profundity obscure, And said, "Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds, This be thy just circumference, O World."”