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formed to delight the eye, and the mind of 

 man; in this, to alarm and terrify the 

 imagination t in the Claude* the inhabi- 

 tants inspire us with ideas of peace s secu- 

 rity, and happiness ; in this of Salvator, 

 (for I now recollect and feel the full force 

 of those lines I only admired before)— 



" Appears in burnish'd arms some savage band; 



Each figure boldly pressing into life, 

 " And breathing blood, calamity, and strife." 4 



In that sweet scene, the recesses amidst 

 fresh woods and streams, seem bowers 

 made for repose and love; in this, they 

 are caves of death, the haunts of wild 

 beasts — 



" Or savage men, more dreadful far than they." 



What a stormy* portentous appearance in 

 those clouds, that roll over the dark moun- 

 tains* and threaten, further on, still greater 

 desolation ! while that mild evening sky, 

 and soft tinge upon the distant hills, seerh 

 to promise, if possible, still more charming 

 scenes beyond them 1'* 



* The Landscape, pdge t, line 88> 

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