LIBERAL Nature did dispence
To all things Arms for their defence;
And some she arms with sin'ewy force,
And some with swiftness in the course;
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And some with Scales, and some with Wings, And some with Teeth, and some with Stings. Nature ha armed each with a new set of protecting instrument, but humans were provided with wisdom only which proved most powerful at last. Nice poem. 10
Beauty is both; for with the Faire What Arms, what Armour can compare? What Steel, what Gold, or Diamond, More Impassible is found? And yet what Flame, what Lightning ere So great an Active force did bear? .. .. loved these lines. Beautiful couplet.
It is all very artistically expressed- defence mechanism of all living beings. Thanks. LIBERAL Nature did dispence To all things Arms for their defence;
Wisdom to Man she did afford, Wisdom for Shield, and Wit for Sword. What to beauteous Woman-kind, What Arms, what Armour has she'assigne'd? Beauty is both; for with the Faire What Arms, what Armour can compare? A beautiful poem that bares the truth of nature's manifestations.