"Proverbs Of Hell, Plate 11" lyrics

The ancient poets animated all sensible objects with Gods or Geniuses
Calling them by the names and adorning them with the properties of woods, rivers, mountains, lakes, cities, nations
And whatever their enlarged and numerous senses could perceive

And particularly they studied the genius of each city and country, placing it under its mental deity

Till a system was formed, which some took advantage of and enslav'd the vulgar
By attempting to realize or abstract the mental deities from their objects; thus began Priesthood

Choosing forms of worship from poetic tales
And a length they pronounc'd that the Gods had order'd such things
Thus men forgot that all deities reside in the human breast