Poem by Erasmus Darwin

Steam Power

SOON shall thy arm, UNCONQUER’D STEAM! afar 
Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car; 
Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear 
The flying-chariot through the fields of air. —
Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above, 
Shall wave their fluttering kerchiefs as they move; 
Or warrior-bands alarm the gaping crowd, 
And armies shrink beneath the shadowy cloud.

The Economy of Vegetation, i, 1793

1. Visit of Hope to Sydney Cove, Near Botany Bay
2. The Linnet's Nest
3. To the Stars
4. The Botanic Garden. Part 2. The Loves of the Plants. Canto II
5. The Botanic Garden. Part 1. The Economy of Vegetation. Canto III

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