Volume 1

The temple of nature or, the origin of society. A poem with philosophical notes / By Erasmus Darwin.

  • Erasmus Darwin
Date:
1803
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The temple of nature or, the origin of society. A poem with philosophical notes / By Erasmus Darwin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. a fifth beginning 9. Invocation to Love 15. II. Bowers of Eden, Adam and Eve 33. Temple of Nature 65. Time chained by Sculpture 75. Proteus bound by Menelaus 83. Bowers of Plea- sure 89. School of Venus 97. Court of Pain 105. Den of Obli- vion 113. -Muse of Melancholy 121. Cave of Trophonius 125. Shrine of Nature 129. Eleusinian Mysteries 137. III. Morn- ing 155. Procession of Virgins 159. Address to the Priestess 167. Descent of Orpheus into Hell 185. IV. Urania 205. Gop the First Cause 223. Life began beneath the Sea 233. Repulsion, — Attraction, Contraction, Life 235. Spontaneous Production of Minute Animals 247. Irritation, Appetency 251. Life enlarges the Earth 265. Sensation, Volition, Association 269. Scene in the Microscope; Mucor, Monas, Vibrio, Vorticella, Proteus, Mite 281. V. Vegetables and Animals improve by Reproduction 295. Have all arisen from Microscopic Animalcules 303. Rocks of Shell and Coral 315. Islands and Continents raised by Earthquakes 321. Emigration of Animals from the Sea 327. Trapa 335. Tadpole, Musquito 343. Diodon,. Lizard, Beaver, Lamprey, Remora, Whale 351. Venus rising from the Sea, emblem of Organic Nature 371. _ All animals are first. Aquatic 385. Fetus in the Womb 389. Animals from the Mud of the Nile 401. The Hiero- phant and Muse 421—450.
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