CANTO II.

ARGUMENT.

Four ways leading to Nature, Literature, Art, and Science--The Entrance Porch of Nature Portrayed--Alpine Scenery--Polar Regions--The Torrent--The Atlantic Ocean--A Ship tossed by the Waves, and a Calm--The Gorge, Jungfrau--Floating Islands and Hot Wells--Staffa--Fingal’s Cave--Lake of Killarney--The Isle of Skye--Jura and the Lake of Geneva--Digression--Object and Aim proposed--Progress continued--The Forest--Wild Beasts’ Lair--The Constrictor--The Contrast in reference to Eden--Millennium--The Discourse--The Grove and Lovely Valley--Variety of Nature unexplored--The Poet’s Instruction.