36^ NIGHTINGALE. Class IL 



In another place he ftyles it the folemn bird-, 

 and again fpeaks of it, 



As the wakeful bird 

 Sings darkling, and in fhadieft covert hid. 

 Tunes her nodurnal note. 



The reader muft excufe a few more quotations 

 from the fame poet, on the fame fubjedl •, the firft 

 defcribes the approach of evening, and the retiring 

 of all animals to their repole. 



Silence accompanied ; for beaft and bird. 

 They to their graffy couch, thefc to their nefls 

 Were flunk ; all but the wakeful nightingale. 

 She all night long her amorous defcant fung. 



When Eve pafTed the irkfome night preceding 

 her fall, fhe, in a dream, imagines herfelf thus re- 

 proached with lofmg the beauties of the night by 

 indulging too long a repofe : 



Why ileep'il thou, Eue? now is the pleafant time. 

 The cool, the filent, fave 'where filence yields 

 To the night-warbling bird, that now awake 

 Tunes fweeteft his love-labor'd fong. 



The fame birds (ing their nuptial fong, and 

 lull them to reft. How rapturous are the follow- 

 ing lines ! how expreffive of the delicate fenfibility 

 of our Milt 071% tender ideas ! 



The Earth 

 Gave fign of gratulation, and each hill ; 

 Joyous the birds j frefh gales and gentle airs 



Whifper'd 



