IL— PART OF THE SOXQ OF THE EAETH

towards tlie conclusion of " Prometheus Unbound."

Man, oh, not men ! a chain of linked thought,

Of love and might to be divided not, Compelling the éléments with adamantine stress ;

As the sun rules, even with a tyrant's gaze,

The unquiet repiiblic of the raaze Of planets, struggling fierce towards heaven's free wilderness.

Man, one harmonious soûl of many a soûl,

AVhose nature is its own divine control, Wliere ail things flow to ail, as ri vers to the sea ;

Familiar acts are beautif ul through love ;

Labour, and pain, and grief, in life's green grove Sport like tame beasts, noue knew hovv gentle they could be!

His will, with ail mean passions, bad delights, And selfish cares, its trembling satellites,

A spirit ill to guide, but mighty to obey, Is as a tempest-winged ship, whose helm Love rules, through waves which dare not overwhelm.

Forcing life's wildest shores to own its sovereign sway.

YV

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