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beauty of Hume's fancy, and left him still the high fountain of Hebrew poetry to refresh it. In the following specimen of his poetry, describing the successive appearances of nature during a summer's day, there is a train of images that seem peculiarly pleasing and unborrowed-the pictures of a poetical mind, humble but genuine in its cast.

THANKS FOR A SUMMER'S DAY.

O PERFECT light which shaid' away
The darkness from the light,

And set a ruler o'er the day,
Another o'er the night.

Thy glory, when the day forth flies,

More vively does appear,

Nor at midday unto our eyes

The shining sun is clear.

The shadow of the earth anon

Removes and drawis by,

Synes in the east, when it is gone,
Appears a clearer sky.

quainted with Scotland. In extending the classical fame, no less than in establishing the moral reputation of their country, the Scottish clergy have exerted a primary influence; and whatever Presbyterian eloquence might once be, the voice of enlightened priuciples and universal charity is no where to be heard more distinctly than at the present hour from their pulpits.

1 For shaded.-2 Scotticè for than.-3, Then,

Whilk' soon perceive the little larks,
The lapwing, and the snipe,

And tune their song like Nature's clerks,
O'er meadow, muir, and stripe.

But every bold nocturnal beast

No longer may abide,

They hie away both maist and least,
Themselves in house to hide.

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The golden globe incontinent
Sets up his shining head,

And o'er the earth and firmament
Displays his beams abread3.

For joy the birds with boulden throats,
Against his visage sheen',

Take up

their kindly music notes

In woods and gardens green.

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Upbraids the careful husbandman,

His corn and vines to see,

And every timeous artisan

In booths works busily.

The pastor quits the slothful sleep,

And passes forth with speed,

1 Which.- -2 Largest and smallest.-3 Abroad. Emboldened.

--5 Shining.-6 Uprises.-7 Early.

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The misty reek3, the clouds of rain
From tops of mountains skails*,
Clear are the highest hills and plain,
The vapours take the vales.

Begaired is the sapphire pend
With spraings of scarlet hue;
And preciously from end to end,
Damasked white and blue.

The ample heaven, of fabric sure,
In clearness does surpass
The crystal and the silver, pure
As clearest polish'd glass.

The time so tranquil is and clear,

That no where shall ye find,
Save on a high and barren hill,

The air of passing wind.

1 Flat-nosed.- Lowing kine.-3 Fog. -4 Pours off.out.-6 Arch.-7 Streaks.

-5 Drest

All trees and simples, great and small,

That balmy leaf do bear,

Than they were painted on a wall,

No more they move or steir1.

The rivers fresh, the callour2 streams,
O'er rocks can swiftly rin3,

The water clear like crystal beams,
And makes a pleasant din.

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The waves, that woltering wont to be,
Are stable like the land.

So silent is the cessile air,

That every cry

and call,

The hills and dales, and forest fair,

Again repeats them all.

The clogged busy humming bees,

That never think to drown 5,

On flowers and flourishes of trees,
Collect their liquor brown.

The sun most like a speedy post
With ardent course ascends;

1 Stir. Cool.3 Run.-4 Tumbling.-5 To drone, or to be idle.

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The breathless flocks draw to the shade

And freschure1 of their fauld;

The startling nolt, as they were mad,
Run to the rivers cald.

The herds beneath some leafy trees,

Amidst the flow'rs they lie;

The stable ships upon the seas

Tend up their sails to dry.

The hart, the hind, the fallow deer,

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Are tapish'd at their rest;

The fowls and birds that made thee beare1,

Prepare their pretty nest.

The rayons dure 5 descending down,

All kindle in a gleid 6;

In city, nor in burrough town,

May nane set forth their head.

Back from the blue pavemented whun7,
And from ilk plaster wall,

1 Freshness.- Oxen.-3 Carpeted.-4 Beare, I suppose, means music. To beare, in old Scotch, is to recite. Wynton, in his Chronicle, says, "As I have heard men beare on hand."-5 Hard, or keen rays.-6 Fire.-7 Whinstone.

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