116 ORIGIN OF SOCIETY. CANTO in. 



The next the fleeting images select 

 Of action, suffering, causes and effect; 

 Or mark existence, with the march sublime 

 O'er earth and ocean of recording TIME. 



*' The GIANT FORM on Nature's centre stands, 

 And waves in ether his unnumber'd hands; 

 Whirls the bright planets in their silver spheres, 

 And the vast sun round other systems steers; 

 Till the last trump amid the thunder's roar 

 Sound the dread Sentence " TIME SHALL BE NO MORE!" 



** Last steps Abbreviation, bold and strong, 3Q1 

 And leads the volant trains of words along; 

 With sweet loquacity to HERMES springs, 

 And decks his forehead and his feet with wings. 



VII. " As the soft lips and pliant tongue are taught 

 With other minds to interchange the thought; 



