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Zo. Mr. ARTHUR __ sae on taking Leave of . 
_ bim at DUNKELD, in PERTHSHIRE, after 
ga Pedefirian Tour 
_» BY MR. DYER. 
ATKIN » there breathes in friendfhip what 
~  beguiles ~ . 
‘The heavy hours, when dark diftepded clouds 
Burft o'er the head in torrents, or high hea- 
ven | 
Rolls muttering deep-mouth’d thunder, and 
from far’ mn 
The forked lightning darts athwart the fky, 
Quick travelling down to th’ eye with daz- 
zling rays: 
Then,darknefs all around, how {weet thevoice 
» Of friend! In converfe kind there dwells a 
charm, 
That wakes a fmile, and mocks the found- 
- ing ftorm. 
Nor lefs, when’mid the barren dreary heath 
‘The traveller ftrays, where fcarce a heath- 
flower blooms 
Yellow, or purple, as where Pentland lifts 
His ridge, or fpread the poor unthrifty plains 
Of Cardigan, (where Pity’s eye furveys 
‘Rude heaps of lime and ftone, which induftry 
But mock, and fcarce a hedge-row deigns to 
{mile, 
Save the poor furze ;---) or toiling when he 
climbs 
Snowdon or hoar Plinlimmon’s craggy fides, 
Brecnoc, or Grampian fummits :---Who fur- 
veys 
Nature’s grand {fcenery, may not always hope 
To view the cultur’d garden, or the lawn 
OF verdure foftly fmooth, or daified vale : 
Nor always may he meet the wilder charms 
Of brighter pi€turefque ; nor gaze entranced 
The lake, whofe fair expanfe, like mirror 
clear, , 
What fmilee upon the bank, of bufh, or tree, 
And heaven’s*blue vault, refle€&ts ; for na- 
ture’s tints, : 
Various as bold, difplay no common tone. 
She, fkilful painter, from the wide extremes - 
Of rough.and fmooth, of light and fhade, 
efreéts 
The clair obfcure, the glory of her work. 
Oh! ye who court the filent, calm retreats 
OF contemplation, and who moft prefer 
The folitary walk, as fuiting beft 
Their views, who figh to pierce the fecret 
haunts ‘ 
©f nature, marking her vagaries ftrange, 
And boid, and unreftrained as fhe, to mufe 
The free, the rapturous lay; ftill pace along 
» Your lonely way; and be your mufings fweet! 
Friendthip has too its charms: for kindred 
minds, 
Refle@ing thought for thought, like travel- 
Jers,  - 3 
Bring each to each fome unknown treafures 
gies repeal ? 
Whether embofom'd deep in ocean’s flood, 
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Or fealing high the cliff, or piercing deep 
The fecret mine, or filver-winding ftream’ 
Skimming in wanton veflel, or with ftaf, 
Like jolly pilgrim, pacing with flow ftep” 
The pathlefs muir, where the fhort windles. 
ftra 
Of filvery brown, difperfed with many alcnob 
And green tall ruth, obftruét the doubtful 
foot 5 
Converfe is doubl 
friend, 
We have enjoyed; but now agree to take 
A long farewell: and thus through humar 
hitesg -* 
For what is human life? aday’sfhort journey, 
With changes fraught ;---now up the wond’* 
rous height 
Hope climbs, and wiftful views, and views 
again . 
The lengthening profpett---calls the profpact 
fair 5--- 
y fweet---and fuch, my 
Now, like the lightfome kid, o’er verdant 
lawn 
She fprings ; then, ’midit the folitary wafte 
Sings chearful, though no voice the hears 
around, 
Save the rude north-eaft, or the querulous 
brook, 
Or {creaming eagle: then rude ocean heaves, 
Ocean of griefs and cares,the boifterous wave, 
Till, prifon’d round, fhe fickens. Oh! my 
f-iend, 
Sweet then is converfe ; for toman ’tis given 
To chear the foul with converfe: nobler man 
Nature has dif’renced from the. fpeechlefs 
brute “ie 
By voice, by reafon :---how he rifes high, 
Proudly profpetive ! How he looks around, 
With nobler front, and foul-infpiring joy! 
» 
But, Aikin, now we part; tho’ fcene fo 
{weet 
Might tempt us ftill t’ extend our focial walk. 
Duwnxkexp,oh! lov’d retreat,embofom’d deep 
In boldeft rocks, and woods, that graceful 
clothe - 
The mountain fide, befide whofe fmiling cots 
Rolls his pellucid ftream the fprightly Tay, 
Scotia’s divider ftream, defcending quick, 
Meand’ring wide, Braidalbin’s filver lake, 
Fait haftening to the Frith: Here browner 
elms, . 
The greener pine, and larch of paler hue 
Spread their’ moft wanton branches: every 
tree 
A language borrows, as proclaiming thee, _ 
DuNKELD, its favourite fweeteft refidence. 
Enchanting fcene! farewell—So bleft a {pot 
Might well allure the prieft of ancient time 5 
(For prudent well he knew to choofe the 
foil 
Of faireft, fweeteft promife, as mof apt 
For holy mufings) well might it allure,’ 
To rafe his temple here: and fill appears — 
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