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And now the Angel from the trembling sight	A
Veil'd the wide world when sudden shades of night	A
Move o'er the ethereal vault the starry train	B
Paint their dim forms beneath the placid main	B
While earth and heaven around the hero's eye	C
Seem arch'd immense like one surrounding sky	C
Still from the Power superior splendors shone	D
The height emblazing like a radiant throne	D
To converse sweet the soothing shades invite	A
And on the guide the hero fix'd his sight	A
Kind messenger of Heaven he thus began	E
Why this progressive labouring search of man	E
If man by wisdom form'd hath power to reach	F
These opening truths that following ages teach	F
Step after step thro' devious mazes wind	G
And fill at last the measure of the mind	G
Why did not Heaven with one unclouded ray	H
All human arts and reason's powers display	H
That mad opinions sects and party strife	I
Might find no place t'imbitter human life	I
To whom the Angelic Power to thee 'tis given	J
To hold high converse and enquire of heaven	J
To mark uncircled ages and to trace	K
The unfolding truths that wait thy kindred race	K
Know then the counsels of th'unchanging Mind	G
Thro' nature's range progressive paths design'd	G
Unfinish'd works th'harmonious system grace	K
Thro' all duration and around all space	K
Thus beauty wisdom power their parts unroll	H
Till full perfection joins the accordant whole	H
So the first week beheld the progress rise	L
Which form'd the earth and arch'd th'incumbant skies	L
Dark and imperfect first the unbeauteous frame	M
From vacant night to crude existence came	M
Light starr'd the heavens and suns were taught their bound	N
Winds woke their force and floods their centre found	N
Earth's kindred elements in joyous strife	I
Warm'd the glad glebe to vegetable life	I
Till sense and power and action claim'd their place	K
And godlike reason crown'd the imperial race	K
Progressive thus from that great source above	O
Flows the fair fountain of redeeming love	O
Dark harbingers of hope at first bestow'd	P
Taught early faith to feel her path to God	Q
Down the prophetic brightening train of years	R
Consenting voices rose of different seers	S
In shadowy types display'd the accomplish'd plan	E
When filial Godhead should assume the man	E
When the pure Church should stretch her arms abroad	T
Fair as a bride and liberal as her God	Q
Till warm benevolence and truth refined	G
Pervade the world and harmonize mankind	G
And thus fair Science of celestial birth	U
With times long circuit treads the gladsome earth	U
By gradual steps to mark the extended road	P
That leads mankind to reason and to God	Q
In elder times when savage tribes began	E
A few strong passions sway'd the wayward man	E
Envy revenge and sateless lust of power	V
Fired the dark soul and stain'd the fields with gore	W
By jarring strife all milder joys supprest	Q
Lost their soft influence on the furious breast	Q
No friendly ties the barbarous feuds assuage	X
And ceaseless carnage feeds the brutal rage	X
When different tribes in social bands combined	Q
Their local views the joyless soul confined	Q
Eternal bickerings brutal strength supply'd	Q
Cities are wall'd and warring hosts divide	Q
When infant arts in growing nations rose	Y
They lured the envy of surrounding foes	Y
The savage bands united sieze the prey	H
Destroy the learning and obstruct the sway	H
Thus at the Muse's call when Thebes arose	Y
And science sway'd where nurt'ring Nilus flows	Y
Rich with the spoils of art fair structures blazed	Q
And barb'rous nations envy'd as they gazed	Q
The tempting pyramid the growing store	W
The charm of conquest and the grasp of power	V
Lured the dark world with envious pride esate	Q
To whelm fair Science in the wrecks of state	Q
Till Thebes and Memphis nameless ruins lie	H
And crush'd the power that raised them to the sky	H
O'er bright Chaldea's plains her vot'ries stray	H
Described the stars and fix'd their wandering way	H
The unclouded skies the shepherd learn'd to read	Q
His loves to cherish and his flocks to feed	Q
Till haughty Babel stretch'd an envy'd sway	H
And furious millions warr'd the arts away	H
Ilissus' banks display'd a happier seat	Q
Where every Muse and all the graces meet	Q
Parnassian heights she soars then steering far	Z
Driven by the close pursuit of vengeful war	W
She wings her flight a western region gams	Y
And moves in majesty o'er Latian plains	Y
But pride and conquest follow where she leads	Y
Her eagle flies the untutor'd savage bleeds	Y
Rome's haughty Genius taught by her to soar	W
With pride of learning swells the pride of power	V
From Brits from Scythians plucks the laurel crown	A2
And deems by right the unletter'd world his own	D
Till fired by insult vengeful myriads rose	Y
And all the north pours forth the swarming foes	Y
Like sweeping tempests in embattled heaven	J
When fire and blackness streak the sails of even	B2
The dark red hosts of painted warriors roll	H
Rome's thoughtless capitol the tempting goal	H
Nor arts they need nor order points thier way	H
For arts and order swell the Roman sway	H
Spain Latium Afric feed the furious flame	M
And hapless Science mourns her buried name	M
As when the sun moves o'er the flaming zone	D
Careering clouds attend his servid throne	D
Superior splendors in his course display'd	Q
Proclaim the progress of a heavier shade	Q
Thus where the Power her ancient circuit held	Q
Her shining course succeeding darkness veil'd	Q
Fear interest envy bound her laurel'd reign	B
A coast her walk the Hellespont her main	B
Ere Goya's trembling steel could point the pole	H
Or heavens inverted taught thy bark to roll	H
At length the scene a nobler pomp assumes	Y
A milder beam dispels the Gothic glooms	Y
In sober majesty and charms of peace	Y
The goddess moves and cheers her filial race	Y
Lifts bolder wings with happier flight to soar	W
No more to rest till heavens illume no more	W
At once consenting nations rise to fame	M
Here Charles's genius wakes the Gallic name	M
There Alfred aids the universal cause	Y
And opes the source of liberty and laws	Y
Here Greece invites her to her ancient home	C2
There in rough greatness heaves her Gothic dome	C2
Wide spreads her sway o'er blest Arabian plains	Y
Where her own Caliph liberal Rachid reigns	Y
O'er all the climes extends the rising Power	V
From farthest Ganges to the Atlantic shore	W
Even horrid war that erst her course withstood	Q
And whelm'd so oft her peaceful shrines in blood	Q
Now leads thro' paths unseen her glorious way	H
Extends her limits and confirms her sway	H
See from all Europe's bounds the warriors pour	W
In crouding millions to the Asian shore	W
Mankind their prey the unmeaning Cross their pride	Q
And sacred vengeance their delusive guide	Q
Zeal points their way thro' famine toil and blood	Q
To aid with arms the imagin'd cause of God	Q
Till fields of slaughter whelm the broken host	Q
Their pride appall'd their countless myriads lost	Q
The sad remains to peaceful toils return	D2
Skill'd in the arts that eastern climes adorn	E2
O'er Europe's changing shores the charms display	H
And wasted realms with happier fruits repay	H
The rival barons whom ambition draws	Y
Their wealth to lavish in the holy cause	Y
In peace retiring yield the regal crown	A2
And blend their counsels to exalt the throne	D
While slaves no longer purchased with the soil	H
Waked into freemen ply the cheerful toil	H
Assert their rights extend the royal reign	B
And mutual terrors break the feudal chair	F2
Now growing commerce in firm compact joins	Y
Surrounding nations and their force combines	Y
From rich Ausonia bold advent'rers rise	Y
Trace midland currents tow'rd the northern skies	Y
Enlarge their navies and with wealthier train	B
Roll with the Rhine and widen with the main	B
Then tempt a broader flight extend the sail	H
Point the sure compass call a foreign gale	H
For spicy fruits the orient surges brave	G2
And load with sparkling gems the liberal wave	G2
See Rome once more the unfolding arts attend	Q
Her grov	G2

Joel Barlow

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