The Temple of Nature or the Origin of Society A Poem with Philosophical Notes By Erasmus Darwin Darwin I. By firm immutable immortal lawsImpress'd on Nature by the Great First Cause, Say, Muse! how rose from elemental strifeOrganic forms, and kindled into life;How Love and Sympathy with potent charmWarm the cold heart, the lifted hand disarm;Allure with pleasures, and alarm with pains, And bind Society in golden chains. Four past eventful Ages then recite, And give the fifth, new-born of Time, to light; 10The silken tissue ...
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The Temple of Nature or the Origin of Society A Poem with Philosophical Notes By Erasmus Darwin Darwin I. By firm immutable immortal lawsImpress'd on Nature by the Great First Cause, Say, Muse! how rose from elemental strifeOrganic forms, and kindled into life;How Love and Sympathy with potent charmWarm the cold heart, the lifted hand disarm;Allure with pleasures, and alarm with pains, And bind Society in golden chains. Four past eventful Ages then recite, And give the fifth, new-born of Time, to light; 10The silken 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. Immortal Love! who ere the morn of Time, On wings outstretch'd, o'er Chaos hung sublime;Warm'd into life the bursting egg of Night, And gave young Nature to admiring Light!-You! whose wide arms, in soft embraces hurl'dRound the vast frame, connect the whirling world! 20Whether immers'd in day, the Sun your throne, You gird the planets in your silver zone;Or warm, descending on ethereal wing, The Earth's cold bosom with the beams of spring;Press drop to drop, to atom atom bind, Link sex to sex, or rivet mind to mind;Attend my song!-With rosy lips rehearse, And with your polish'd arrows write my verse!-So shall my lines soft-rolling eyes engage, And snow-white fingers turn the volant page; 30The smiles of Beauty all my toils repay, And youths and virgins chant the living lay. II. Where Eden's sacred bowers triumphant sprung, By angels guarded, and by prophets sung, Wav'd o'er the east in purple pride unfurl'd, And rock'd the golden;Four sparkling currents lav'd with wandering tidesTheir velvet avenues, and flowery sides;On sun-bright lawns unclad the Graces stray'd, And guiltless Cupids haunted every glade; 40Till the fair Bride, forbidden shades among, Heard unalarm'd the Tempter's serpent-tongue;Eyed the sweet fruit, the mandate disobey'd, And her fond Lord with sweeter smiles betray'd.Conscious awhile with throbbing heart he strove, Spread his wide arms, and barter'd life for love!-Now rocks on rocks, in savage grandeur roll'd, Steep above steep, the blasted plains infold;The incumbent crags eternal tempest shrouds, And livid light'nings cleave the lambent clouds; 50Round the firm base loud-howling whirlwinds blow, And sands in burning eddies dance below. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enri
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