ive where to stand, and I will move the earth.'
So SAVERY guided his explosive steam
In iron cells to raise the balanced beam; 250
The Giant-form its ponderous mass uprears,
Descending nods and seems to shake the spheres.

[Footnote: _Mark'd the figur'd sand_, l. 242. The ancient
orators seem to have spoken disrespectfully of the mechanic
philosophers. Cicero mentioning Archimedes, calls him
Homunculus e pulvere et radio, alluding to the custom of
drawing problems on the sand with a staff.]

[Footnote: _So Savery guided_, l. 249. Captain Savery first
applied the pressure of the atmosphere to raise water in
consequence of a vacuum previously produced by the
condensation of steam, though the Marquis of Worcester had
before proposed to use for this purpose the expansive power
of steam; see Botanic Garden, Vol. I. Canto I. l. 253.
Note.]

"Led by VOLITION on the banks of Nile
Where bloom'd the waving flax on Delta's isle,
Pleased ISIS taught the fibrous stems to bind,
And part with hammers from the adhesive rind;
With locks of flax to deck the distaff-pole,
And whirl with graceful bend the dancing spole.
In level lines the length of woof to spread,
And dart the shuttle through the parting thread. 260
So ARKWRIGHT taught from Cotton-pods to cull,
And stretch in lines the vegetable wool;
With teeth of steel its fibre-knots unfurl'd,
And with the silver tissue clothed the world.

[Footnote: _The waving flax_, l. 254. Flax is said to have
been first discovered on the banks of the Nile, and Isis to
have been the inventress of spinning and weaving.]

[Footnote: _So Arkwright taught_, l. 261. See Botanic Garden,
Vol. II. Canto II. l. 87, Note.]

"Ages remote by thee, VOLITION, taught
Chain'd down in characters the winged thought;
With silent language mark'd the letter'd ground,
And gave to sight the evanescent sound.
Now, happier lot! enlighten'd realms possess
The learned labours of the immortal Press; 270
Nursed on whose lap the births of science thrive,
And rising Arts the wrecks of Time survive.

[Footnote: _The immortal Press_, l. 270. The discovery of the
art of printing has had so great influence on human affairs,
that fro