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 Sun, Moon and Stars, now all and each of them

Do ſo adorn and paint the arched Frame;

In Order next, on the fifth Day, the Lord

With living Creatures Air and Waters ſtor'd.

When on this Day the Region of the Air,

The proper Place for flying Motion there.

Cutting their Way towards the Cryſtal Sky,

The winged Choir with painted Wings do fly.

Who can deſcribe the Sizes of them all,

From the great Eagle to the Wren ſo ſmall!

And ſome of them there is that ſmaller be

Yet than the Wren, and of a leſs Degree;

And as they are of many various Kind,

So by their Natures variouſly inclin'd;

For ſome among them there are to be found

That only ſit and chatter on the Ground,

While others do aſcend the Trees and ſing,

And make the Woods and Valleys all to ring,

During the Time and Season of the Spring.

The chearful Lark from of the Ground doth riſe,

And upwards ſoar as if ſhe'd mount the Skies;

And while ſhe makes her Way up thro' the Air,

She all the while moſt ſweetly ſingeth there;

Still Heaven-ward goes, as ſhe her Notes doth raiſe,

By ſweet melodious early Songs; theſe Ways,

In her own Kind, ſhe doth her Maker praiſe.

The Black Bird now and Nightingale is found

In every Buſh to make a pleasant Sound,

Their various Notes to make a ſweet Compound.

In fine, ſo many various Kinds of Notes

Come warbling thro' their little narrow Throats,