The Poetry of Real Life A New Edition, Much Enlarged and Improved. By Henry Ellison |
HOPES FROM THE SPREAD OF PHRENOLOGY. |
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HOPES FROM THE SPREAD OF PHRENOLOGY.
Phrenology! lay thy broad hand uponThe forehead of the coming Time, and say
What now is working at the brain—which way
The mighty thoughts, that will transform anon
The face of earth, are tending—mark'st thou, on
That so capacious brow, no new display,
No fresh developments, no signs, which may,
To thy prophetic eye, make clearly known
What shape the coming age will take? there is
An hum of mighty changes! Hope takes cheer:
And Expectation stands on tip-toe; 'tis
A time of promise: prophecies we hear
Of Man reclaimed by Nature to her sphere,
And mutual knowledge causing mutual bliss!
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