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Round each fair Nymph her dropping mantle clings, 

 And Loves emerging (hake their fhowery wings. 



The Loves, which are indifputably ma- 

 chinery, confufe the picture, if the Nymphs 

 alfo are of that fpecies. The expreffion, 

 fairy legions, is to be regretted ; it renders 

 the lively and lovely defcription ame- 

 nable to Dr. Johnfon's cenfure of a pafTage 

 in one of our poets, " that it is metaphoric 

 " in one point of view, and literal in 

 (< another." 



The Duke of Devonlhire's public fpirit 

 and architectural tafte, next become the 

 theme, and they involve a charming pic- 

 ture of the Crefcent, that gem of Grecian 

 art in Britain ; and of the new plantations 

 which furround it. Derbyfhire ftone has an 

 amber tint, and hence the Buxton Qrefcent 

 rifes a golden palace in the defert. 



The Goddefs next congratulates her 

 Water Nymphs on having celebrated the 



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