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Thefe rivers making way through natures chains 

 With headlong courje into thefea profound; 

 The raging fea , beneath the rallies low, 

 Where lakes^Wrils, and rivulets do flow. 



The loftie woods, the Forrejls wide and long 

 Adorned with leaves & branches frefh & green, 

 In whofe cool bowres the birds with many a Jong 

 Do welcom with their >uire the Siimers Queen: 

 The Meadows fair, where Flora 5 s gifts among 

 Are intermixt,with verdant grafs between. 

 Thefifoer-fcaledhft\that fbftly fwim, 

 Within the fweet brooks c bryftal watryjtream. 



All thefe, and many more of his Creation, 

 \ That made the Heavens, tke Angler oft doth fee, 

 I Taking therein no little delegation, 

 To think howftrange,how wonderful they be ; 

 framing thereof an inward contemplation, 

 Tofet his heart from other fancies free ; 

 And whilft he looks on thefe with joyful eye, 

 His mind is rapt above the Starry Skie. 



Sir, I am glad my memory did 

 lofe thefe laft Verfes, becaufe 

 D 3 they 



