Meantime the sovereignty of these fair Isles
Remains entire and indivisible:
And, if that ignorance were removed, which breeds[848]
Within the compass of their several shores
Dark discontent, or loud commotion, each
Might still preserve[849] the beautiful repose
Of heavenly bodies shining in their spheres.
—The discipline of slavery is unknown
Among[850] us,—hence the more do we require
The discipline of virtue; order else