Date: 1785
"I tread his deck, / Ascend his topmast, through his peering eyes / Discover countries, with a kindred heart / Suffer his woes and share in his escapes, / While fancy, like the finger of a clock, / Runs the great circuit, and is still at home."
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Date: 1786
"Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock, / Machines themselves, and govern'd by a clock."
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