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their knowledge, as there is fcarce any part of the 

 furface of this globe, fcarce a tree, a fhrub, or a 

 plant, an animal either living or dead, or even 

 {he excrements of animals, on which fome kind 

 of infect does not depend for its fubfiftence and 

 propagation. 



■ The flowery leaf 



Wants not its foft inhabitants. Secure, 

 Within its winding citadel, the (tone 

 Holds multitudes. But chief the foreft -boughs, 

 That dance unnumber'd to the playful breeze, 

 The downy orchard, and the melting pulp 

 Of mellow fruit, the namelefs nations feed 

 Of evanefcent infects. Where the pool 

 Stands mantled o'er with green, invilible, 

 Amid the floating verdure, millions rlray. 

 Each liquid too, whether it pierces, foothes, 

 Inflames, refreshes, or exalts the tafte, 

 With various forms abounds. Nor is the ftream 

 Of pureft cryftal, nor the lucid air, 

 Though one tranfparent vacancy it feems, 

 Void of their unfeen people (q). 



(g) Thomfon's Seafons, Summer, 1. 296. 



