In slow progression rising into use,

Nurtur'd by Her the infant Arts appear.

While sage Experience thus teaches Man

The useful and the pleasant Arts of Life,

She in harsh lectures, in the frequent broil,

Enjoins her Pupil still to cultivate

The fatal, necessary Art of War.

The Artizan, who from metallic ores

Forms the sharp implements to dress the glebe,

And prune the wild luxuriance of the tree; ...