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B. I. Nor less the warmer living tribes demand The fost'ring fun: whose energy divine Dwells not in mortal fire; whose generous heat Glows thro' the mass of grosser elements, And kindles into life the pond'rous spheres. Chear'd by thy kind invigorating warmth, We court thy beams, great majesty of day! If not the soul, the regent of this world, First born of heaven, and only less than God! Rh