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But befides the harmony arifing from the 

 agreement of thefe wild notes with the fcenes 

 of the foreft ; there is another fource of it 

 in the fympathetic feelings of the mind. 

 Thefe wild notes excite ideas of thofe pleafmg 

 foreft-fcenes, where we have commonly heard 



them. But I fhall give my meaning in better 



words, than my own. 



There is in fouls a fympathy with founds ; 

 And as the mind is pitched, the ear is pleafed 

 With melting airs, or martial; brifk, or grave. 

 Some chord in unifon with what we hear, 

 Is touched within us, and the heart replies. 

 How foft the mufic of thofe village-bells. 

 Falling at intervals upon the ear 

 In cadence fweet ? now dying all away ; 

 Now pealing loud again, and louder ftill, 

 Clear, fonorous, as the gale comes on. 

 With eafy force it opens all the cells. 

 Where memory flept ; wherever I have heard 

 A kindred melody, the fcene recurs; 

 And with it all it's pleafure *. 



But however difcordant the notes of thefe 

 birds may be to the faftidious ear ; their rich, 

 yet harmonious plumagey muft at leaft recom- 

 mend them as highly ornamental to every fcene. 



Cowper. 



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