The Progress of Society (c. 1799) [ Concepts ]
… 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 pluck'd wild clusters from the … by new suns, and led by stranger-stars. Now mild Philosophy assumes his reign, And all the Charities adorn his train; Virtue's soft forms our glowing hearts engage, And Liberty returns, and leads the golden age. Thus in dread dreams before …
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