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" The night was ftill — the filver moon on high 

 ** Dappled the mountains from a clouded fky, 

 " Silent as fleecy clouds thro' asther fail 

 *' Before the gentle-breathing fummer's gale; 

 " So through the mifty vale in twilight grey, 

 " The fleepy Waters gently pafs'd away." 



Engaging in rural concerns will ftrengthen the 

 whole human frame, the powers of the mind, as 

 well as the members of the body ; will give a manly 

 turn to thought, duly regulated and refined by po- 

 lite literature. A perfon thus educated will never 

 want a variety of entertainment in the country to 

 fill up his time in a manner equally innocent, ra- 

 tional, and ufeful. He will be continually increaf- 

 ing in valuable knowledge, and preferve himfelf 

 from that difTipation which enervates the mind, 

 renders retirement burthenfome, and the more 

 public and momentous concerns of life too arduous 

 to be executed with propriety and decorum. He 

 will enjoy his otium cum dignitate^ and, at the fame 

 time, his private amufements will give a certain 

 dignity and polifh to his fentiments, which on all 

 occafions he will be the better enabled to exprefs in 

 public, with a truly Britifh fpirit, Roman firmnefs, 

 and attic elegance. There will appear in his whole 

 manner and addrefs that ftmplex munditiis which is 

 equally removed from empty afFeded foppilhnefs 



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