TO THE UTILITARIANS
These lines were written and sent in a letter to Henry Crabb Robinson, dated 5th May 1833.—Ed.
Avaunt this œconomic rage!
What would it bring?—an iron age,
Where Fact with heartless search explored
Shall be Imagination’s Lord,
And sway with absolute controul 5
The god-like Functions of the Soul.
Not thus can knowledge elevate
Our Nature from her fallen state.