DR. DARWIN. 249 



to the finuous track of a ferpent, pro- 

 duces a fine piclure of a gliding animal of 

 that fpecies, and it is fucceeded by thefe 

 fupremely happy lines : 



So, with flrong arm, immortal Brindley leads 

 His long canals, and parts the velvet meads $ 

 Winding in lucid lines, the watery mafs 

 Mines the firm rock, or loads the deep morafs ; 

 With riling locks a thoufand hills alarms, 

 Flings o'er a thoufand ftreams it's filver arms $ 

 Feeds the long vale, the nodding woodland laves, 

 And Plenty,, Arts, and Commerce, freight the waves. 



Nymphs, who erewhile on Brindley's early bier, 

 On fnow-white bofoms (hower'd th' incefTant tear, 

 Adorn his tomb! Oh, raife the marble bu ft, 

 Proclaim his honors, and protect his duft ! 

 With urns inverted, round the facred flirine 

 Their ozier wreaths let weeping Naiads twine, 

 While on the top mechanic Genius ftands, 

 Counts the fleet waves, and balances the fands! 



There is a note to this paflage, which 

 urges the duty of erecting a monument to 

 Brindley in Lichfield Cathedral. Certainly 

 it would be to the credit of thofe who 



fhould 



