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"Wherewith the angler gently puls him to him ; 

 And least his hast might happen to undoe him, 

 Layes downe his rod, then takes his line in hand, 

 And, hy degrees, getting the fish to land, 

 Walkes to another poole: at length is winner. 



WILLIAM BROWNE is a descriptive poet, to whom the most 

 fastidious will concede the merit of having been a warm ad- 

 mirer and close observer of the charms of Nature ; though it 

 must be admitted, that his taste for rural imagery is too in- 

 discriminate ; that his pictures are generally out of keeping; 

 and that his passion for the Italian writers led him into fre- 

 quent conceits. Yet every observing reader must have found 

 enough of pleasing and accurate description in the Britan- 

 nia's Pastorals, to ensure a considerable share of his lenity, 

 even to the puerility and fantastic extravagance of the poet. 

 Strength of pencil and power of selection, are the qualities 

 we chiefly miss in the perusal. 



G. 



THE END. 



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