MEMOIRS OF 



Returning to the vegetable embryons, 

 of which the Goddefs, between her men- 

 tion of Kirwan and Herfchel had fpoken, 

 fhe thus beautifully fays : 



Lo ! n each feed, within it's tender rind, 

 Life's golden threads, in endlefs circles wind j 

 Maze within maze the lucid webs are roll'd, 

 And, as they burfl, the living flames unfold. 



The whole paflage is equally fine, and 

 clofes thus : 



Life buds, or breathes, from Indus to the Poles, 

 t And the vail furface kindles as it rolls. 



We find the fame image applied to 

 Light in the firft Canto, as it is here to 

 Vitality. Speaking of Chaos the Poet 

 fays : 



Through all his realms the kindling Ether runs; 



Yet, far from ceniuring the very infre- 

 quent repetitions, which we may find 

 through this great work, wonder and praife 



will 



