Who, that looks upward to the midnight sky- and, with an eye of reason, beholds its rolling wonders- who can forbear inquiring, Of what were their mighty orbs formed-- Amazing to relate, they were produced without materials. They sprung from emptiness itself. The stately fabric of universal nature emerged out of nothing. What instruments were used by the Supreme Architect to fashion the parts with such exquisite niceness, and give so beautiful a polish to the whole-- How was it all connected into one finely-proportioned and nobly finished structure-- A bare fiat accomplished all. James Hervey