I came across this lovely poem while searching
for another (yes, I got sidetracked a little) and thought it very appropriate
for Hersenskim.
Of
Many Worlds in This World
Just like as in a nest of boxes round,
degrees of sizes in each box are found:
So, in this world, may many others be
Thinner and less, and less still by degree:
Although they are not subject to our sense,
A world may be no bigger than two-pence,
Nature is curious, and such works may shape,
Which our dull senses easily escape:
For creatures, small as atoms, may be there,
If every one a creature’s figure bear.
If atoms four, a world can make, then see
What several worlds might in an ear-ring be:
For, millions of those atoms may be in
The head of one small, little, single pin.
And if thus small, then ladies may well wear
A world of worlds, as pendents in each ear.
Written in 1668 by Margaret Cavendish (1623 –
1673)
Quoted from TheNorton Anthology of Poetry, Fourth Edition.
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