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along, with fteady wing, as if he were lord 



of the element, on which he rode. But 



what harmonize chiefly with the foreft are 

 his wild fcreams, which ftrike notes in pe- 

 culiar unifon with thofe fcenes, over which 

 he fails. 



Kites, that fwim fublime 



In ftill repeated circles fcreaming loud, 



Have charms for me. . 



Sounds inharmonious in themfelves, and harfh, 



Yet heard in fcenes, where peace for ever reigns, 



Pleafe highly for their fake 



It is remarkable, that we feldom fee more 

 than two of this fpecies together, the male 

 and the female. They feem to divide the 

 foreft into provinces. Each bird hath his 

 own; and, with more than princely caution, 

 avoids his neighbour's. It is his great em- 

 ployment to circle through the air, as the 

 poet defcribes him above, in various evo- 

 lutions over his own woody dominions - } 

 where with keen eye, and keen talons, 

 he ftill preferves the fpirit of the old foreft- 

 law. 



u 3 Very 



