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energetic and full of beauty, that I could 

 not refift the temptation of tranfcribing 

 them in this place. 



Snowdon, I wifti not thou (hould'ft ftand array'd 

 In the full blaze of fummer's gaudy noon ; 



In gloominefs thy grandeur is difplay'd, 



And congregated clouds thy brow adorn. 



Thy genius thron'd on his aerial feat, 



While fierce conflicting elements engage, 



Hears the loud thunder burft beneath his feet, 

 And fcouls defiance on their feeble rage. 



Snowdon, on thee with favage pleafure fraught, 

 Whilft fancy rul'd with wonder have I gaz'd, 



Travers'd thy dangers in excurfive thought, 



And fhrunk from terrors I myfelf had rais'd. 



How oft I've fancied on the craggy fteep, 



Striving in vain to heights like thefe to rife, 



Contending with misfortune, oft I weep, 



Though fix'd on earth, afpiring to the Ikies. 



The principal lakes vifible from the 

 fummit of Snowdon, are, on the eaft, 



Ffynon 



