Note 1363 — AN ESSAY ON MAN, IN FOUR EPISTLES (continued 3)
Reading edition
MS.:
He crowned the wond'ring earth with golden grain, Taught to command the fire, control the main, Drew from the secret deep the finny drove, And fetched the soaring eagle from above.
The first couplet is again varied:
He taught the arts of life, the means of food, To pierce the forest, and to stem the flood.