1>R. DARWIN. 



But to refume the Botanic Goddefs and 

 her enumeration of the interefting employ- 

 ments of her third clafs of Nymphs ; their 

 difpofal of all thofe bright waters which 

 make Britain irriguous, verdant, and fertile. 

 We find this beautiful couplet in the courfe 

 of the paflage : 



You, with nice ear, in tiptoe trains pervade 

 Dim walks of morn *, or evening's filent (hade, 



She then places them on the fhore, 

 liftening to it's paufmg murmurs, and to 

 the fong of the Nereid, as on her playful 

 fea-horfe fhe glides over the twilight- main. 

 Another exquifite pidure arifes, profefledly 

 from an antique gem. Great fkill is fhown 

 in varying the attitude, appearance, and 

 employments of this beautiful Sea-Nymph, 

 on her voyage, from thofe of Europa, 

 croffing the fea on her bull, in the preced- 



* What exquifite picture ! 



R 3- ing 



