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that delight his eyes, and occupy his hands, becaufe 

 the favourites of his choice bloom not for ever, 

 like the flowers he reads of above ? Ay, Pifca- 

 tor, and fhall you no longer fally forth in the early 

 days of fpring to ply your favourite art in the 

 fparkling ftream. You, more efpecially becaufe 

 you have undertaken the ferious, folemn office of 

 being a fiiher of men ? 



One of the fame cloth with yourfelf, I pro- 

 teft I fee not the matter in the fame light as this ; 

 though I admit it to be a fair fubjecl: to differ 

 on. 



Oh ! how I love the fweet country ! to ram- 

 ble on when the wild flowers are fo fragrant, and 

 the melody of the hedge-row warblers fo gladfome ! 

 Still, the honey that is fweeteft will pall upon the 

 tafte, and the rareft beauty ceafe to captivate for 

 ever. And if there be a famenefs in the lovelieft 

 of things and fweeteft that is wearifome, can we 

 expecl: an exception in the fober routine of every- 

 day duties ? We cannot force the ftrength of our 

 reluctant hands, or command the flow of our un- 

 willing thoughts, if they fail us in our ufual demands. 

 And if the entire throwing off, as it were, of the 

 load that preffes upon our moulders day after day 

 be indifpenfable, who, dear Pifcator, fhall begrudge 



