Citation - Boston Post Boy: 1736.03.01

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Index Entry Ask for what end the heav'nly bodies shine? [fl] 
Location Boston 
Citation
BPB.736.010
1 Mar 1736:31 (68)
ESSAY ON MAN.
Epist. I.  The absurdity of man's conceiting himself the
final cause of the creation.
Ask for what end the heav'nly bodies shine?
Each for whose use?  Pride answer, "'Tis for mine:
For me kind nature wakes her genial pow'r,
Suckles each herb, and swells out ev'ry flow'r."
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Generic Title Boston Post Boy 
Date 1736.03.01 
Publisher Huske, E. 
City, State Boston, MA 
Year 1736 
Bibliography B0010539
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