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lefs funs, is an idea fublirne in the firft 

 degree. 



The fubfequent comments of the God- 

 defs on the powers of the nymphs of fire, 

 introduce lovely pictures of the lightning 

 and the rainbow ; the exterior fky, the 

 twilight, the meteor, and the aurora-bore- 

 alis ; of the planets, the comet, and all the 

 etherial blazes of the univerfe. 



She next exhibits them as fuperintend- 

 ing the fubterranean and external volcanos. 



You, from deep cauldrons and unmeafur'd caves, 

 Blow flaming airs, or pour vitrefcent waves) 

 O'er fhining oceans ray volcanic light, 

 Or hurl innocuous embers through the night. 



She compares them to Venus and her 

 Nymphs, after they had dcfcended to the 

 cave of Vulcan. The claffic fable forms a 

 varied and lively little drama. The God- 

 defs proceeds to remind her hand-maids of 

 their employments ; fays, they lead their 



glittering 



