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pleafure at the goods which Heaven l;ias given to man, and 

 forrow to fee the hoard of liuman blifs fo fmall, pleafes me 

 more than the more celebrated ones of the child clinging 



Clofc and clofer to the mother's bread, 



and the circle bounding earth and flcies which 



Allures from far and as he follows flies *. 



The caufe of the child's clinging has no connedlion with the 

 mother to whofe brcafl fhe clings, whereas the loud torrent 

 and the mountains roar is a natural adjundl to thofe moun- 

 tains to which the Swifj peafant is more firmly bound : and 

 how the horizon allures from far by no means appears. But 

 the two fimiles which decorate the village clergyman, of the 

 bird tempting its new-fledged offspring to the fkies, and the 

 tall cliff around whofe head fettles eternal funfhine, are for 

 endearing interefl and appofite beauty unequalled by any of 

 our author, and excelled by very few in the language. 



Goldsmith's verfification has been formed with great exa£l- 

 nefs on the model of Mr. Pope. Whoever reads Windfor Forefl 

 with attention will find the elements of many pafTages in Gold- 

 fmith's writings, will difcover the original in which he fludied 



poetry 



* Strange that one of Goldfmith's commentators fliould fpeak of this as a Cmilc 

 of the r 011110113 ! 



