thoufand imaginary forms, if the fcene be 

 unknown; and as the light fteals gradually 

 on, is amufed by correcting it's vague ideas by 

 the real objects. What in the confufion of 

 twilight perhaps feemed a ftretch of rifmg 

 ground, broken into various parts, becomes 

 now vaft maffes of wood, and an extent of 

 foreft. 



As the fun begins to appear above the hori- 

 zon, another change takes place. What was 

 before only form, being now inlightened, 

 begins to receive effett. This effect depends 

 on two circumftances, the catching lights, 

 which touch the fummits of eveiy object; 

 and the mijiinefs, in which the rifmg orb is 

 commonly inveloped. 



The effect is often pleafmg, when the 

 fun rifes in unfullied brightnefs, diffufing it's 

 ruddy light over the upper parts of objects, 

 which is contrafted by the deeper fhadows 

 below: yet the effect is then only tranfcendent, 

 when he rifes, accompanied by a train of 

 vapours, in a mifty atmofphere. Among lakes 

 and mountains, this happy accompaniment 

 often forms the moft aftonifhing vifions: and 

 yet in the foreft it is nearly as great. With 

 what delightful effect do we fometimes fee the 



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