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Praestantissimo Viro Thomae Poello In Suum De Elementis Opticae Libellum

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Title:     Praestantissimo Viro Thomae Poello In Suum De Elementis Opticae Libellum
Author: Henry Vaughan [More Titles by Vaughan]

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Vivaces oculorum ignes et lumina dia
Fixit in angusto maximus orbe Deus;
Ille explorantes radios dedit, et vaga lustra
In quibus intuitus lexque, modusque latent.
Hos tacitos jactus, lususque, volubilis orbis
Pingis in exiguo, magne[2] Poelle, libro,
Excursusque situsque ut Lynceus opticus, edis,
Quotque modis fallunt, quotque adhibenda fides.
Aemula Naturae manus! et mens conscia c[oe]li.
Ilia videre dedit, vestra videre docet.


FOOTNOTES:

[1] The version in Elementa Opticae has Eximio viro, et amicorum longe optimo, T. P. in hunc suum de Elementis Opticae libellum.

[2] El. Opt. has docte.


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Henry Vaughan's poem: Praestantissimo Viro Thomae Poello In Suum De Elementis Opticae Libellum

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