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F Heaven has into being deign'd to call Thy light, ! to shine on all; Bright intellectual Sun! why does thy ray To earth distribute only partial day? Since no resisting cause from spirit flows Thy penetrating essence to oppose; No obstacles by Nature's hand imprest, Thy subtle and ethereal beams arrest; Nor motion's laws can speed thy active course, Nor strong repulsion's pow'rs obstruct thy force; Since there is no convexity in , Why are thy genial beams to parts confin'd?