64 WATER. 



ing the soft and blended colours of the rainbow ; then dashing with 

 furious irregularity over bold projections and stupendous rocks. 

 Such a scene as this must be presented principally by nature ; but 

 much may be done artifically to add to its grandeur : where such 

 an object exists, the character of the sublime and picturesque in 

 the surrounding scene must be maintained. Here masses of luxu- 

 riant trees surround the eminence : some projecting over the pre- 

 cipice, some bending midway as if by magic power upheld; others 

 dip their pendent foliage in the foam below ; and the stately oak, 

 in wild magnificence, curves its bold roots amid the rocks, and 

 stretching its huge arms completes this scene of grandeur and sub- 

 limity, 



" While from aloft the bursting torrents flow, 

 As deep recoiling surges foam below ; 

 Prone o'er the rocks the whitening sheet descends. 

 And viewless Echo's ear astonish'd rends." 



