The Progress of Society (c. 1799) [ Concepts ]
… of Time, to light. The silver tissue of their joys disclose, Swell with deep chords the murmur of their woes; Their laws, their labours, and their loves proclaim, And chant their virtues to the trump of Fame. Say first , how Man in … his bestial foe, Flung the rude stone, and strain'd the stubborn bow. Next , how on shelter'd lawns by gushing springs Dwelt in their leafy tents the Shepherd-Kings; From vale to vale their fleecy squadrons drove …
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