Escapes at last to liberty and light;
His cheek recovers soon its healthful hue;
His eye relumines its extinguish'd fires;
He walks, he leaps, he runs—is wing'd with joy,
And riots in the sweets of every breeze.”[62]
On these mere animal gratifications, however, I need not dwell any longer. There is much more to interest our curiosity, in the sensations and perceptions which more frequently go under those names; to the consideration of which I shall proceed in my next Lecture.
Footnotes
[60] Gray de Principiis Cogitandi, Lib. I. v. 1–5.
[61] On the Active Powers, Essay III. c. 1.
[62] Cowper's Task, book i.