hour > time

6 Which loves the shadow of a warlike knight;

shadow > shade, spectre

7 No shadow but a body has in power:

No shadow but a body has in power > [There is never a shadow without a physical body in control of it, i.e. casting it]

8 That body, wheresoever it light,

light > occurs, has its particular place

9 May learned be by ciphers, or by magic might.

ciphers > numbers, figures, hence: numerological means; or: deciphering occult writings

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