108 ORIGIN OF SOCIETY. CANTO in. 



First the charm'd Mind mechanic powers collects, 

 Means for some end, and causes of effects; 2QO 



Then learns from other Minds their joys and fears, 

 Contagious smiles and sympathetic tears.. 



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 " What one fine stimulated Sense discerns, 



Another Sense by IMITATION learns. 



So in the graceful dance the step sublime 



Learns from the ear the, concordance of Time. 



So, when the pen of some young artist prints 



Recumbent Nymphs in TITIAN'S living tints; 



The glowing limb, fair cheek, and flowing hair, 



Respiring bosom, and seductive air, 300 



sympathy; and 1. 331 on language; and the subsequent lines on tire 

 arts of painting and architecture. 



Another sense, 1. 294. As the part of the organs of touch or of sight; 

 which is stimulated into action by a tangible or visible object, must 

 resemble in figure at least the figure of that object, as it thus con- 

 stitutes an idea; it may be said to imitate the figure of that object; 

 and thus imitation may be esteemed coeval with the existence both of 

 man and other animals : but this would confound perception with 

 imitation; which latter is better defined from the actions of one sense, 

 copying those of another. 



