6ppofite direction, ftrike their tufted heads ! 

 But if that fun be fetting, while the tem- 

 peft is brewing over the hemifphere, bldck 

 towards the eaft - lurid more purple and 

 glowing with red, as it advances towards 

 the weft then it is, that the utmoft value 

 is given to it's effefl* The caftle, the lake, 

 or the foreft-fcene, whether viewed in fhadow 

 againft the ruddy light, or illumined under 

 the ftorm ; appear in full grandeur ; and we 

 fee all that light and fhade in extreme 

 contention, yet fully harmonized, can pro- 

 duce. 



Vain are thy hopes by colouring to difplay 

 The bright effulgence of the noon-tide ray j 

 Or paint the full-orbed ruler of the fkies 

 With pencils dipt in dull, terreftrial dies. . 

 But when mild evening fheds her golden light, 

 When morn appears, arrayed in modeft white ; 

 When foft fuffufions of the vernal mower, 

 Dims the pale fun ; or, at the thund'ring hour, 

 When wrapt in crimfon clouds, he hides his head } 

 Then catch the glow, and on the canvas fpread. 



I know no appearance indeed in nature, 

 that is more awfully grand, than the con- 

 junction of a ftorm, and a fun-fet, on fome 

 noble mafs of foreft-fcenery. We may eafily 

 conceive, that ignorance and faperftition might 



magnify 



