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UPWARD.

His parent hand

From the mute shell-fish gasping on the shore,

To men, to angels, to celestial minds,

Forever leads the generations on

To higher scenes of being; while supplied

From day to day with His enlivening breath,

Inferior orders in succession rise

To fill the void below.

Akenside: Pleasures of Imagination.