In the relations which they bear to man,

He shall discern, how, through the various means

Which silently they yield, are multiplied

The spiritual presences of absent things.

Trust me,[403] that for the instructed, time will come

When they shall meet no object but may teach

Some acceptable lesson to their minds

Of human suffering, or of human joy.

So shall they learn, while all things speak of man,

Their duties from all forms;[404] and general laws,