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The last contrast I shall mention is that of Cloud 



un 



shine. 



than the sudden effect of a summer 



ihere is perhaps nothing more reviving and delightful 



shower, after a long 



the 

 the 



tin nance of dry weather: then all nature seems revived 

 ground and the plants send forth new and grateful odours 

 flowers, the birds, the insects, all join to express their plea 

 and even the gold fish in a globe, by their frolic motion 

 that they partake in the general joy; splashing the water, and 



An 



ainly 



snew 



sometimes leaping out of it to meet the welcome d 



blage of Contrasts, under such 



rops 



cumstances 



art 



but 



fancied I could fix by my pencil's 



vinced me how feeble is Art in her imitation of Nature 



" Si la Nature est grande dans les grandes choses 



rop con 



uiond 



" Elle est tres grande dans les petites." 



Every spray was bespangled by drops 



Rousse 



each 



hanging to all the colours of th 



ging like dia 



from whence they appeared to have newly fall 



eye, delight the heart 



of that 



and lift the mind to th 



bow, 

 to cheer the 



contemplation 



of light and joy from whence alone such beau 



ties and such wonders can proceed 



