Christianity and Greek Philosophy / or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles

by B. F. Cocker

Then mounted, next, the base of sun and moon,

'Twixt earth and ether, in the midway air

Rolling their orbs; for into neither these

Could blend harmonious, since too light with earth

To sink deprest, while yet too ponderous far

To fly with ether toward the realms extreme:

So 'twixt the two they hovered; vital there

Moving forever, parts of the vast whole;

As move forever in the frame of man

Some active organs, while some oft repose. [⁸⁰²]