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Show J60 ORIGIN OF SOCIETY. CANTO I V. Which buds or breathes from Indus to the Poles And Earth's vast surface kindle?, as it rolls I "HENCE when a Monarch or a mushroon1 dies Awhile extinct the organic matter lies; But, as a few short hours or years revolve, Alchemic powers the changing mass dissolve; Born to new life unnumber'd insects pant, New buds surround the microscopic plant; Whose embryon senses, and unweari d frames, Feel finer goads, and blush with purer flames ; 390 lV!tich buds or breathes, l. 381. Organic uodi cs, be icle's th{' c:u hou, hydrogen, azote, and the o,·ygcn and h eat, wiJich are combin ·d '.· itll them, requi re to be also jmm rscd in loose heat and 1 OI)C O)(ygcn to preserve their mutable existence; and h nee life ouly ·,-L' ts on or ncar the. urfacc of' the earth; ec Botan . ( Jard cn, Vol. l. C:u tn 1 V. I. 419. L'orgauization, le cntimcn t, le movcmeut 'j> l)ll ane, a. \·ie, n'cxi..;tcnt qu'a la surface de la terre, ct dan les lic ux cxpod~ ;\ la lumie ·c. 1 raite de Cllim ic par ~f. Lavoisier, Tom. T. p. QOQ. Born to uew life, l. 3 7. From the innumerable bi ·t hs of the larger in ·ects, ancl the &pontancous productions of the m icros ; ;ic . one , every part of' organic matter from the rccr •m nt s of d ead vq.;ctable or animal bodies, on or n ear the urfac of the ear th, b '<:OJJH'S again presently reauimatcd; which by increasing th' numbe r :·1 d qualltity of living orgaui z;ttions, though many of them c,· ii')L but i'or a shor t time, add to the tium total of terrestrial happiness. CANTO IV. OF GOOD AND EVIL. Renascent joys from irritation spring, Stretch the long root, or wave the aurelian wing. " When thus a squadron or an army yields, And festering carnage loads the waves or fields; When few from famines or from plagues survivet Or earthquakes swallow half a realm alive;- While Nature sinks in 'fime's destructive storms, The wrecks of Death are but a change of forms; Emerging matter from the grave returns, 161 Feels new desires, with new sensations burns; With youth's first bloom a finer sense acquires, And Loves and Pleasures fan the rising :fires.Thus sainted PAUL, ' 0 Death!' exulting cries, 400 ' Where is thy sting? 0 Grave! thy victories?' Tints sainted Paut, 1. 403. The doctrine of St. Paul t aches the resurrection of the body in an incorruptible and glorified state, with consciousness of its previous existence; 1JC therefore justly exult over the sting of death, and the victory of t he grave. y |