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This fable clofes the addrefs of the 

 Goddefs to her Gnomes. Their elfin flight 

 on their appointed errands, is defcribed 

 with playful elegance, and compared to 

 the fucceffive fhadows that pafs over a 

 funny vale beneath the light clouds. With 

 that comparifon the fecond Canto termi- 

 nates. If the Gnomes make their exit 

 with lefs poetic fplendor than their prede- 

 ceflbrs, it muft be confidered that the 

 Nymphs of Fire are perfonages of more 

 mtrinfic dignity. 



THE THIRD CANTO 



Opens with a charge to the Water 

 Nymphs, and we are told that the Goddefs 

 gives it in tones fo fweet and fbnorous as 

 to fliake the wrinkling fountains, curl the 

 deep wells, rimple the lakes, and thrill the 

 rivers* 



The three firft words felefted to exprefs 

 the different kind of aclual vibration on the 



fountains, 



