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Her Tide tranfverfe $ he pierc'd the towering hill, 



He bridg'd the ample tide, and high in air, 



And deep through earth, his freighted barge he bore. 460 



This mode fhall temper ev'n the lighteft foil 



To thy firm purpofe ; then let tafte feleft 



The unhewn fragments, that may give its front 



A rocky rudenefs ; pointed fome, that there 



The frothy fpouts may break ; fome flaunting fmooth, 465 



That there in filver fheet the wave may flide. 



Here too infix fome mofT-grown trunks of oak 



Romantic, turn'd by gelid lakes to flone, 



Yet fo difpos'd as if they owed their change 



To what they now controul. Then open wide 470 



Thy flood-gates : then let down thy torrent : then 



Rejoice ; as if the thund'ring Tees * himfelf 



Reign'd there amid his cataracts fublime. 



And thou haft caufe for triumph ! Kings themfelves,. 

 With all a nation's wealth, an army's toil, 475 



* The fall of the Tees, near Middleton, is efteemed one of the greateft 

 in England. 



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