MEMOIRS OF 



Nymphs of Air as Minifters of Divine Ven- 

 geance on the Guilty, through the medium 

 of tempefts, and the peftilential winds of 

 the Eaft, as Samiel, Harmattan, &c. and 

 the fcripture ftory of the fate of Senacherib 

 is told. The ravage of death, produced 

 by thofe peftilential gales, forms a fublime 

 perfonification ; thus, 



Hark ! o'er the camp the venom'd teirrpeft fings ! 

 Man falls on man j on buckler buckler rings ; 

 Groan anfwers groan 5 to anguifh anguilh yields, 

 And death's dread accents {hake the tented fields, 

 High rears the Fiend his grinning jaws, and wide 

 Spans the pale nations with coloflal ftride : 

 Waves his broad falchion with uplifted hand, 

 And his vaft ihadow darkens all the land ! 



Whether by coincidence or plagiarifm 

 on the part of Dr. Darwin, is uncertain, 

 but in Mr, Sergeant's noble prophetic Ode 

 on the Woes of the Houfe of Stuart, com- 

 mencing with fair unfortunate Mary's cala- 

 mities, we find the laft fublime image, thus, 



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