Genre:

Poetry

Subjects:

Exhibitions, Magnetism, Mesmerism, Astronomy

    Compares the 'magnetic' attraction of the Great Exhibition to the power of the mesmerist over his subjects. Notes that 'hysteric patients, mesmerised [...] Yield to the conjuror's control / With absolute submission; / But all the nation gives its soul / Up to the Exhibition'. Compares the Crystal Palace to the crystals of John Dee and Karl L Reichenbach. Believes Hyde Park now constitutes the centre of the new orbit of the solar system.