CANTO iv. OF GOOD AND EVIL. 165 



Black ore of manganese, the zinky stone, 



And dusky steel on his magnetic throne, 440 



In deep morass, or eminence superb, 



Rose from the wrecks of animal or herb ; 



These from their elements by Life combined, 



Form'd by digestion, and in glands refined, 



Gave by their just excitement of the sense 



The Bliss of Being to the vital Ens. 



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" Thus the tall mountains, that emboss the lands, 

 Huge isles of rock, and continents of sands, 

 Whose dim extent eludes the inquiring sight, 

 ARE MIGHTY MONUMENTS OF PAST DELIGHTJ 450 



Are, mighty monuments. 1. 450. The reader is referred to a few pages 

 on this subject in Phytologia, Sect. XIX. 7- 1, Avhere the felicity of 

 organic life is considered more at large; but it is probable that the 

 most certain way to estimate the happiness and misery of organic 

 beings; as it depends on the actions of the organs of sense, which 

 constitute ideas; or of the muscular fibres which perform locomotion; 

 would be to consider those actions, as they are produced or excited 

 by the four sensorial powers of irritation, sensation, volition, and 

 association. A small volume on this subject by some ingenious writer, 



