74 ORIGIN OF SOCIETY. CANTO n. 



Pair after pair enamour'd shoot along. 

 And trill in air the gay impassion'd song. 

 With busy hum in playful swarms around 

 Emerging insects leave the peopled ground, 380 



Rise in dark clouds, and borne in airy rings 

 Sport round the car, and wave their golden wings. 

 Admiring Fawns pursue on dancing hoof, 

 And bashful Dryads peep from shades aloof; 

 Emerging Nereids rise from coral cells, 

 Enamour'd Tritons sound their twisted shells; 

 From sparkling founts enchanted Naiads move, 

 And swell the triumph of despotic LOVE. 



" Delighted Flora, gazing from afar, 

 Greets with mute homage the triumphal car; 3QO 

 On silvery slippers steps with bosom bare, 

 Bends her white knee, and bows her auburn hair; 

 Calls to her purple heaths, and blushing bowers, 

 Bursts her green gems, and opens all her flowers;; 



