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Annus Mirabilis
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By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid Art,
Makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.
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Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go,
And view the ocean leaning on the sky:
From thence our rolling Neighbours we shall know,
And on the Lunar world securely pry.
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And threat'ning France, plac'd like a painted Jove,
Kept idle thunder in his lifted hand.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Born:
August 9, 1631
Died:
May 1, 1700
(aged 68)
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