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The fubject propofed. Invocation. Addrefs to Mr. DoAn introductory reflection on the motion

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of the heavenly bodies; whence the fucceffion of the feaJons. As the face of Nature in this feafon is almost uniform, the progress of the poem is a description of a fummer's day. The dawn. Sun-rifing. Hymn to the fun. Forenoon. Summer infects defcribed. Haymaking. Sheep-fhearing. Noon-day. A woodland retreat. Groupe of herds and flocks. A folemn grove: how it affects a contemplative mind. A cataract, and rude fcene. View of Summer in the torrid zone. Storm of thunder and lightning. A tale. The ftorm over, a ferene afternoon. Bathing. Hour of walking. Tranfition to the prospect of a rich well-cultivated country; which introduces a panegyric on GREAT BRITAIN. Sun-fet. Evening. Night. Summer meteors. comet. The whole concluding with the praise of philoSophy,

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ROM brightening fields of ether fair difclos'd, Child of the fun, refulgent SUMMER comes, In pride of youth, and felt thro' Nature's depth : He comes attended by the fultry hours,

And ever-fanning breezes, on his way;

While, from his ardent look, the turning SPRING
Averts her blufhful face; and earth, and fkies,
All-fmiling, to his hot dominion leaves.

HENCE, let me hafte into the mid-wood fhade, Where fcarce a fun-beam wanders thro' the gloom; IQ And on the dark green grafs, befide the brink Of haunted ftream, that by the roots of oak Rolls o'er the rocky channel, lie at large, And fing the glories of the circling year,

COME,

COME, Infpiration! from thy hermit-seat,
By mortal feldom found: may Fancy dare,
From thy fix'd serious eye, and raptur'd glance
Shot on furrounding Heaven, to fteal one look
Creative of the Poet, every power
Exalting to an ecstasy of soul.

AND thou, my youthful Mufe's early friend,
In whom the human graces all unite:
Pure light of mind, and tenderness of heart;
Genius, and wifdom; the gay focial fenfe,
By decency chaftis'd; goodness and wit,
In feldom-meeting harmony combin'd;
Unblemish'd honour, and an active zeal
For BRITAIN'S glory, Liberty, and Man:
O DODINGTON! attend my rural fong,
Stoop to my theme, inspirit every line,
And teach me to deserve thy just applause.

WITH what an awful world-revolving power
Were first the unwieldy planets launch'd along
Th' illimitable void! Thus to remain,
Amid the flux of many thoufand years,

That oft has swept the toiling race of Men,

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