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still gives interest to The Annals of the Poor. The 

 attitude of Legh Richmond towards nature finds exact 

 expression in the beautiful lines of Cowper's Task, 

 with which doubtless he was acquainted : 



" He looks abroad into the varied field 

 Of nature, and though poor, perhaps, compared 

 With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, 

 Calls the delightful scenery all his own. 

 His are the mountains, and the valleys his, 

 And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy 

 With a propriety that none can feel 

 But who, with filial confidence inspired, 

 Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, 

 And, smiling, say, ' My Father made them all. 5 " 



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