The Atomic Poems

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CONTENTS: 1. To Natural Philosophers2. A World made by Atomes3. The foure principall Figur'd Atomes make the foure Elements...4. Of Aiery Atomes5. Of Aire6. Of Earth7. The weight of Atomes8. The bignesse of Atomes9. The joyning of severall Figur'd Atomes make other Figures10. What Atomes make Change11. All things last, or dissolve, according to the Composure of Atomes12. Of Loose Atomes13. Change is made by several-figur'd Atomes, and Motion14. Of Sharpe Atomes15. What Atomes make Flame16. Of Fire and Flame17. Of Fire in the Flint18. Of the Sympathy of Atomes19. Of the Sympathy of their Figures20. What Atomes make Vegetables, Mine-rals, and Animals21. What Atomes make Heate and Colde22. What Atomes make Fire to burne, and what Flame23. What Atomes make the Sun, and the Sea, go round24. What Atomes make Life25. What Atomes make Death26. What Atomes cause Sicknesse27. What Atomes make a Dropsie 28. What Atomes make a Consumption29. What Atomes make the wind Collick30. What Atomes make a Palsey, or Apoplexy31. In all other Diseases they are mixed, taking parts, and factions32. All things are govern'd by Atomes33. A warr with Atomes34. Atomes and Motion fall out35. The agreement of some kinde of Motion, with some kinde of Atomes36. Motion directs, while Atomes dance37. The difference of Atomes and Motion, in youth and age38. Motion makes Atomes a Bawd for Figure39. Motion and Figure40. Of the Subtlety of Motion41. Motion is the Life of all things42. Of the Center43. All sharpe Atomes do run to the Center...44. In the Center Atomes never Separate45. Of Infinite Worlds, Infinite Centers46. The Infinites of Matter47. A World made by foure Atomes *** a selection from: A World made by Atomes. Small Atomes of themselves a World may make,As being subtle, and of every shape:And as they dance about, fit places finde,Such Formes as best agree, make every kinde.For when we build a house of Bricke, and Stone, We lay them even, every one by one:And when we finde a gap that's big, or small,We seeke out Stones, to fit that place withall.For when not fit, too big, or little be,They fall away, and cannot stay we see. So Atomes, as they dance, finde places fit,They there remaine, lye close, and fast will sticke.Those that unfit, the rest that rove about,Do never leave, untill they thrust them out.Thus by their severall Motions, and their Formes, As severall work-men serve each others turnes.And thus, by chance, may a New World create:Or else predestined to worke my Fate.