Henry Ellison - On the Effects of Machinery lyrics

Were all these means and rich appliances Meant merely to enable Man to make More money, not for the diviner sake Of his immortal Being, that, through these, It might enlarge with spiritual increase! Then could I wish that ye might ever wake And watch, and Mammon's wages only take, And make but gold, who for it mar your peace-- These things were meant to give Man's soul more time To look about it, and unto the heights Of spiritual Being oftener climb-- To bring with the reach of all delights Confined yet to the few, and give sublime Direction to the Spirit's daily flight!