The Progress of Society (c. 1799) [ Concepts ]
… 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 attractive throne Or gird the planets in your … all my toils repay, And youths and virgins chant the living lay. … "Immortal Love! whose golden fetters, hurl'd Round Nature's frame, connect the whirling world..." … Nature … Poetry … Text from Erasmus Darwin, The Progress of Society [early draft of The Temple of Nature , unfinished …
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