The Progress of Society (c. 1799) [ Concepts ]
… 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 boundless forests stray'd, And … their leafy tents the Shepherd-Kings; From vale to vale their fleecy squadrons drove And realms reecho'd to the lute and love. Then, how the shining ploughshare turn'd the soil, And harness'd oxen shared the ingenious toil; While towers and … In bright expanse his silver chest he raised, And high in air his golden forehead blazed. Immortal Love! whose golden fetters, hurl'd Round Nature's frame, connect the whirling world; Whether you roll the sun's …
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