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And o'er that veft a kindred mantle fpreads, 

 Unvaried but by power of lights and fhades, 

 Which mildly mixing, ev'ry focial dye 

 Unites the whole in lovelieft harmony. 470 



When fmall the fpace, or pure the ambient air, xxxvn 



Of the Inter- 



Each form is feen in bright precifion clear ; 



But if thick clouds that purity deface, 



If far extend that intervening fpace, 



There all confus'd the objects faintly rife, 475 



As if prepar'd to vanifli from our eyes. 



Give then each foremoft part a touch fo bright, 

 That, o er the reft, its domineering light 



Te 



of DiUances. 



Suntfoliti; variando tonis tunicamque, togamque, 

 Carbafeofque finus, vel amicum in lumine & umbra 

 Contiguis circum rebus fociando colorem. 



Qua minus eft fpacii aerei, aut qua purior aer, 

 Cuncta magis diftinda patent, fpeciefque refervant : 350 

 Qu_aque magis denfus nebulis, aut plurimus aer 

 Amplum inter fuerit fpatium porredlus, in auras 

 Confundet rerum fpecies, 5c perdet inanes. 



Anteriora magis Temper finita, remotis 

 Incertis dominentur & abfcedentibus, idque 355 



XXXVIT. 

 Aer Interpo- 



fitus. 



xxxyiir. 



Diftantiaiura 

 Relatio. 



