CALORIC.Earth, sea and air abound in rareMinute caloric particles,Invisible indeed, but stillMost energetic articles.Almighty power each atom gaveExistence at creation;Each would Omnipotence requireFor its annihilation.It now lies in a latent state,Anon in ardent action;AndHealone, who can createCan bring to naught a fraction.Chief agent in all acts of powerIts atoms seem divinities;Tempests, volcanoes, earthquakes areMere plays of their affinities.’Tis their’s to drive the lightning’s car,To speed the shaft of thunder,Give earth an atmosphere of fire,And rend the globe asunder!
Earth, sea and air abound in rareMinute caloric particles,Invisible indeed, but stillMost energetic articles.Almighty power each atom gaveExistence at creation;Each would Omnipotence requireFor its annihilation.It now lies in a latent state,Anon in ardent action;AndHealone, who can createCan bring to naught a fraction.Chief agent in all acts of powerIts atoms seem divinities;Tempests, volcanoes, earthquakes areMere plays of their affinities.’Tis their’s to drive the lightning’s car,To speed the shaft of thunder,Give earth an atmosphere of fire,And rend the globe asunder!
Earth, sea and air abound in rareMinute caloric particles,Invisible indeed, but stillMost energetic articles.
Earth, sea and air abound in rare
Minute caloric particles,
Invisible indeed, but still
Most energetic articles.
Almighty power each atom gaveExistence at creation;Each would Omnipotence requireFor its annihilation.
Almighty power each atom gave
Existence at creation;
Each would Omnipotence require
For its annihilation.
It now lies in a latent state,Anon in ardent action;AndHealone, who can createCan bring to naught a fraction.
It now lies in a latent state,
Anon in ardent action;
AndHealone, who can create
Can bring to naught a fraction.
Chief agent in all acts of powerIts atoms seem divinities;Tempests, volcanoes, earthquakes areMere plays of their affinities.
Chief agent in all acts of power
Its atoms seem divinities;
Tempests, volcanoes, earthquakes are
Mere plays of their affinities.
’Tis their’s to drive the lightning’s car,To speed the shaft of thunder,Give earth an atmosphere of fire,And rend the globe asunder!
’Tis their’s to drive the lightning’s car,
To speed the shaft of thunder,
Give earth an atmosphere of fire,
And rend the globe asunder!