All things that glow and move,
all things that change and pass,
I gather their delight
as in a burning-glass;
Judith Wright
The Queen's Conjurer
1.
'Given to magic and uncanny arts'
'Art mathematical' to make strange works
Genius of movement artificial
Mechanical scarab perceived in flight
Miracles and marvels to rival God,
Pneumatics, mirrors, secret pulleys, springs;
Much wonder does such...
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