I4 MEMOIRS OP 



And as in air the laughing leaflets play. 

 And turn their fhining boforas to the ray, 

 Nymphs, TN\\hfweeifmile, each opening flower invite, 

 And on its damaik eyelids pour the light ! 



On reflection, it fhould feem that it is 

 the fituation of thefe twin accents in the 

 line, which prevents their frequent recur- 

 rence from producing harfhnefs. It will 

 be obferved in the laft quotation, that all 

 the many fporidees are preceded by two 

 lyllables ; and that it is only when they 

 are preceded by an odd fyllable, either one 

 or three, that they increafe the harmony 

 by their fparing, and injure it by their 

 frequent appearance. One fyllable only 

 goes before the fpondee in this line from 

 the Botanic Garden. 



The wanjlars glimmering through the filver train. 



Three iyllables in this verfe from the fame 

 poem. 



Where now the South-feat heaves its wafle of froft. 



Again, 



