In his hand, he took the Golden Compasses, prepared in Gods Eternal stone, to circumscribe This Universe, and all created things One foot he center'd, and the other turn'd Round through the vast profundity obscure, And said, thus farr extend, thus far thy bounds, This be thy just circumference, O World.
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(William Blake's etching/watercolour "Ancient of Days", public domain, from http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/blake/ancient.jpg)
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