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fhade, and gives a higher intereft to all 

 around. Having thus placed hini, appealing 

 fancy earneftly demands if any thing in the 

 eternal fummer of other regions can equal the 

 foft delight — the genial harmony of foul and 

 fentiment infpired by this tender vernal fcene f 



Some fair friends of ours would place at 

 his fide the miftrefs of his heart, and thus 

 give perfection to his happinefs, as BufFon 

 perfects the exiftence of his infant of matu- 

 rity. But excufe me, ye fair, fhould I hazard 

 the fuggeftion whether to be left alone, to 

 think and wifh towards her, might in fuch a 

 fituation be lefs foul-delighting; for anticipa- 

 tion is faid to fweeten our highefi joys, and, 

 perhaps, it were the very life and effence of 

 fuch-like moments to feel the tender privation 

 of having yet afomething towHh, and to hope. 



