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