2 NORTHERN MEMOIRS. 



sent forth sweet aromas ; the birds began now to 

 build their nests, and every bird to choose his 

 mate ; whilst the groves and delightful springs, 

 as also the forests and unfrequented desarts, ce- 

 lebrated the fragrant spring; when the frigid 

 congelations of frost and snow were all struck 

 dead by thfr blazing fiery strokes of the sun. 



Arnoldus. What infer you from these pretty 

 metaphors > 



Theoph. I infer thus much : The vernon 

 ingress smil'd a blessing, when she sent the me- 

 lodious harmony of birds to melt the air. The 

 nightingale with her warbling notes, the black- 

 bird, thrush, linnet, and golden-jay, besides 

 the canary and delicious bulfinch, fill'd all the 

 woods with their solitary strains ; and because 

 beating the air with such proportionable har- 

 mony, every bush became an aviary, and every 

 grove a mellifluous concert, whilst the purling 

 springs, and more shady rivulets, softned by 

 the gentle breathings of Zephyrus, seemed 

 tacitly to express a secret, whispering, silent 

 praise. 



Am. To whom ? 



Theoph. To whom think you ? Unto Jeho- 

 vah the great Creator. 



Arn. Very well exprest ! Proceed. 



Theoph. Things thus posited, under such a 



