Could　lure　by　laughing　billows　any　man
  Out　to　disaster：　for　the　science　bold
  Of　ship…sailing　lay　dark　in　those　far　times。
  Again；　'twas　then　that　lack　of　food　gave　o'er
  Men's　fainting　limbs　to　dissolution：　now
  'Tis　plenty　overwhelms。　Unwary；　they
  Oft　for　themselves　themselves　would　then　outpour
  The　poison；　now；　with　nicer　art；　themselves
  They　give　the　drafts　to　others。
  BEGINNINGS　OF　CIVILIZATION
  Afterwards；
  When　huts　they　had　procured　and　pelts　and　fire；
  And　when　the　woman；　joined　unto　the　man；
  Withdrew　with　him　into　one　dwelling　place；
  。　　　　　。　　　　　。　　　　　。　　　　　。　　　　　。
  Were　known；　and　when　they　saw　an　offspring　born
  From　out　themselves；　then　first　the　human　race
  Began　to　soften。　For　'twas　now　that　fire
  Rendered　their　shivering　frames　less　staunch　to　bear；
  Under　the　canopy　of　the　sky；　the　cold；
  And　Love　reduced　their　shaggy　hardiness；
  And　children；　with　the　prattle　and　the　kiss；
  Soon　broke　the　parents'　haughty　temper　down。
  Then；　too；　did　neighbours　'gin　to　league　as　friends；
  Eager　to　wrong　no　more　or　suffer　wrong；
  And　urged　for　children　and　the　womankind
  Mercy；　of　fathers；　whilst　with　cries　and　gestures
  They　stammered　hints　how　meet　it　was　that　all
  Should　have　compassion　on　the　weak。　And　still；
  Though　concord　not　in　every　wise　could　then
  Begotten　be；　a　good；　a　goodly　part
  Kept　faith　inviolate…　or　else　mankind
  Long　since　had　been　unutterably　cut　off；
  And　propagation　never　could　have　brought
  The　species　down　the　ages。
  Lest；　perchance；
  Concerning　these　affairs　thou　ponderest
  In　silent　meditation；　let　me　say
  'Twas　lightning　brought　primevally　to　earth
  The　fire　for　mortals；　and　from　thence　hath　spread
  O'er　all　the　lands　the　flames　of　heat。　For　thus
  Even　now　we　see　so　many　objects；　touched
  By　the　celestial　flames；　to　flash　aglow；
  When　thunderbolt　has　dowered　them　with　heat。
  Yet　also　when　a　many…branched　tree；
  Beaten　by　winds；　writhes　swaying　to　and　fro；
  Pressing　'gainst　branches　of　a　neighbour　tree；
  There　by　the　power　of　mighty　rub　and　rub
  Is　fire　engendered；　and　at　times　out…flares
  The　scorching　heat　of　flame；　when　boughs　do　chafe
  Against　the　trunks。　And　of　these　causes；　either
  May　well　have　given　to　mortal　men　the　fire。
  Next；　food　to　cook　and　soften　in　the　flame
  The　sun　instructed；　since　so　oft　they　saw
  How　objects　mellowed；　when　subdued　by　warmth
  And　by　the　raining　blows　of　fiery　beams；
  Through　all　the　fields。
  And　more　and　more　each　day
  Would　men　more　strong　in　sense；　more　wise　in　heart；
  Teach　them　to　change　their　earlier　mode　and　life
  By　fire　and　new　devices。　Kings　began
  Cities　to　found　and　citadels　to　set；
  As　strongholds　and　asylums　for　themselves；
  And　flocks　and　fields　to　portion　for　each　man
  After　the　beauty；　strength；　and　sense　of　each…
  For　beauty　then　imported　much；　and　strength
  Had　its　own　rights　supreme。　Thereafter；　wealth
  Discovered　was；　and　gold　was　brought　to　light；
  Which　soon　of　honour　stripped　both　strong　and　fair；
  For　men；　however　beautiful　in　form
  Or　valorous；　will　follow　in　the　main
  The　rich　man's　party。　Yet　were　man　to　steer
  His　life　by　sounder　reasoning；　he'd　own
  Abounding　riches；　if　with　mind　content
  He　lived　by　thrift；　for　never；　as　I　guess；
  Is　there　a　lack　of　little　in　the　world。
  But　men　wished　glory　for　themselves　and　power
  Even　that　their　fortunes　on　foundations　firm
  Might　rest　forever；　and　that　they　themselves；
  The　opulent；　might　pass　a　quiet　life…
  In　vain；　in　vain；　since；　in　the　strife　to　climb
  On　to　the　heights　of　honour；　men　do　make
  Their　pathway　terrible；　and　even　when　once
  They　reach　them；　envy　like　the　thunderbolt
  At　times　will　smite；　O　hurling　headlong　down
  To　murkiest　Tartarus；　in　scorn；　for；　lo；
  All　summits；　all　regions　loftier　than　the　rest；
  Smoke；　blasted　as　by　envy's　thunderbolts；
  So　better　far　in　quiet　to　obey；
  Than　to　desire　chief　mastery　of　affairs
  And　ownership　of　empires。　Be　it　so；
  And　let　the　weary　sweat　their　life…blood　out
  All　to　no　end；　battling　in　hate　along
  The　narrow　path　of　man's　ambition；
  Since　all　their　wisdom　is　from　others'　lips；
  And　all　they　seek　is　known　from　what　they've　heard
  And　less　from　what　they've　thought。　Nor　is　this　folly
  Greater　to…day；　nor　greater　soon　to　be；
  Than'　twas　of　old。
  And　therefore　kings　were　slain；
  And　pristine　majesty　of　golden　thrones
  And　haughty　sceptres　lay　o'erturned　in　dust；
  And　crowns；　so　splendid　on　the　sovereign　heads；
  Soon　bloody　under　the　proletarian　feet；
  Groaned　for　their　glories　gone…　for　erst　o'er…much
  Dreaded；　thereafter　with　more　greedy　zest
  Trampled　beneath　the　rabble　heel。　Thus　things
  Down　to　the　vilest　lees　of　brawling　mobs
  Succumbed；　whilst　each　man　sought　unto　himself
  Dominion　and　supremacy。　So　next
  Some　wiser　heads　instructed　men　to　found
  The　magisterial　office；　and　did　frame
  Codes　that　they　might　consent　to　follow　laws。
  For　humankind；　o'er　wearied　with　a　life
  Fostered　by　force；　was　ailing　from　its　feuds；
  And　so　the　sooner　of　its　own　free　will
  Yielded　to　laws　and　strictest　codes。　For　since
  Each　hand　made　ready　in　its　wrath　to　take
  A　vengeance　fiercer　than　by　man's　fair　laws
  Is　now　conceded；　men　on　this　account
  Loathed　the　old　life　fostered　by　force。　'Tis　thence
  That　fear　of　punishments　defiles　each　prize
  Of　wicked　days；　for　force　and　fraud　ensnare
  Each　man　around；　and　in　the　main　recoil
  On　him　from　whence　they　sprung。　Not　easy　'tis
  For　one　who　violates　by　ugly　deeds
  The　bonds　of　common　peace　to　pass　a　life
  Composed　and　tranquil。　For　albeit　he　'scape
  The　race　of　gods　and　men；　he　yet　must　dread
  'Twill　not　be　hid　forever…　since；　indeed；
  So　many；　oft　babbling　on　amid　their　dreams
  Or　raving　in　sickness；　have　betrayed　themselves
  （As　stories　tell）　and　published　at　last
  Old　secrets　and　the　sins。
  But　nature　'twas
  Urged　men　to　utter　various　sounds　of　tongue
  And　need　and　use　did　mould　the　names　of　things；
  About　in　same　wise　as　the　lack…speech　years
  Compel　young　children　unto　gesturings；
  Making　them　point　with　finger　here　and　there
  At　what's　before　them。　For　each　creature　feels
  By　instinct　to　what　use　to　put　his　powers。
  Ere　yet　the　bull…calf's　scarce　begotten　horns
  Project　above　his　brows；　with　them　he　'gins
  Enraged　to　butt　and　savagely　to　thrust。
  But　whelps　of　panthers　and　the　lion's　cubs
  With　claws　and　paws　and　bites　are　at　the　fray
  Already；　when　their　teeth　and　claws　be　scarce
  As　yet　engendered。　So　again；　we　see
  All　breeds　of　winged　creatures　trust　to　wings
  And　from　their　fledgling　pinions　seek　to　get
  A　fluttering　assistance。　Thus；　to　think
  That　in　those　days　some　man　apportioned　round
  To　things　their　names；　and　that　from　him　men　learned
  Their　first　nomenclature；　is　foolery。
  For　why　could　he　mark　everything　by　words
  And　utter　the　various　sounds　of　tongue；　what　time
  The　rest　may　be　supposed　powerless
  To　do　the　same？　And；　if　the　rest　had　not
  Already　one　with　other　used　words；
  Whence　was　implanted　in　the　teacher；　then；
  Fore…knowledge　of　their　use；　and　whence　was　given
  To　him　alone　primordial　faculty
  To　know　and　see　in　mind　what　'twas　he　willed？
  Besides；　one　only　man　could　scarce　subdue
  An　overmastered　multitude　to　choose
  To　get　by　heart　his　names　of　things。　A　task
  Not　easy　'tis　in　any　wise　to　teach
  And　to　persuade　the　deaf　concerning　what
  'Tis　needful　for　to　do。　For　ne'er　would　they
  Allow；　nor　ne'er　in　anywise　endure
  Perpetual　vain　dingdong　in　their　ears
  Of　spoken　sounds　unheard　before。　And　what；
  At　last；　in　this　affair　so　wondrous　is；
  That　human　race　（in　whom　a　voice　and　tongue
  Were　now　in　vigour）　should　by　divers　words
  Denote　its　objects；　as　each　divers　sense
  Might　prompt？…　since　even　the　speechless　herds；　aye；　since
  The　very　generations　of　wild　beasts
  Are　wont　dissimilar　and　divers　sounds
  To　rouse　from　in　them；　when　there's　fear　or　pain；
  And　when　they　burst　with　joys。　And　this；　forsooth；
  'Tis　thine　to　know　from　plainest　facts：　when　first
  Huge　flabby　jowls　of　mad　Molossian　hounds；
  Baring　their　hard　white　teeth；　begin　to　snarl；
  They　threaten；　with　infuriate　lips　peeled　back；
  In　sounds　far　other　than　with　which　they　bark
  And　fill　with　voices　all　the　regions　round。
  And　when　with　fondling　tongue　they　start　to　lick
  Their　puppies；　or　do　toss　them　round　with　paws；
  Feigning　with　gentle　bites　to　gape　and　snap；
  They　fawn　with　yelps　of　voice　far　other　then
  Than　when；　alone　within　the　house；　they　bay；
  Or　whimpering　slink　with　cringing　sides　from　blows。
  Again　the　neighing　of　the　horse；　is　that
  Not　seen　to　differ　likewise；　when　the　stud
  In　buoyant　flower　of　his　young　years　raves；
  Goaded　by　winged　Love；　amongst　the　mares；
  And　when　with　widening　nostrils　out　he　snorts
  The　call　to　battle；　and　when　haply　he
  Whinnies　at　times　with　terror…quaking　limbs？
  Lastly；　the　flying　race；　the　dappled　birds；
  Hawks；　ospreys；　sea…gulls；　searching　food　and　life
  Amid　the　ocean　billows　in　the　brine；
  Utter　at　other　times　far　other　cries
  Than　when　they　fight　for　food；　or　with　their　prey
  Struggle　and　strain。　And　birds　there　are　which　change
  With　changing　weather　their　own　raucous　songs…
  As　long…lived　generations　of　the　crows
  Or　flocks　of　rooks；　when　they　be　said　to　cry
  For　rain　and　water　and　to　call　at　times
  For　winds　and　gales。　Ergo；　if　divers　moods
  C