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Show [ 4-4 ] " Oh, flay !-return! "-along the founding fhore Cry'd the fad Naiads,-ihe return'd no more IN ow girt with clouds the full en Evening frown' d, And withering Eurus f wept along the ground ; The m · fl:y tnoon withdrew her horned light, And funk with Hefper in the £kirt of night ; No dim eleCtric fireams, (the northern dawn) With meek effulgence quiver' d o'er the lawn ; No fiar benignant ihot one tranfient ray 435 To guide or light the wanderer on her way. 440 Round the dark craggs the murmuring whirlwinds blow, Woods groan above, and waters roar below ; As o'er the fl:eeps with pau:fing foot ihe moves, The pitying Dryads ihriek amid their groves. She flies-fhe ftops-ihe pants-fue looks behind, 44 5 And hears a demon howl in every wind. -As the bleak blaft unfurls her fluttering vefl:, Cold beats the fnow upon her fhuddering breafi ; Through her numb' d litnbs the chill fenfations dart, And the keen ice-bolt trembles at her heart. 450 [ 4S ] " I fink, I fall! oh, help me, help!" ihe cries, Her fiiffening tongue the unfinilhed found denies ; Tear after tear adown her cheek fucceeds, And pearls of ice befirew the glittering meads ; Congeali;1g fnows her lingering feet furround, Arrefi her flight, and root her to the ground ; With fuppliant arms the pours the :filent prayer; Her fuppliant arms hang cryfl:al in the air ; Pellucid films her ihivering neck o' erfpread, Seal her n1ute lips, and filver o'er her head; Veil her pale bofom, glaze her lifted hands, And ilirined in ice the beauteous fiatue fl:ands. --DovE's azure nymphs on each revolving year For fair TREMELLA fhed the tender tear; 455 With ruili-wove crowns in fad p~oceffion n1ove, 465 And found the forrowing £hell to haplefs love." Here paufed the M usE,-acrofs the darken' d pole _ Sail the ditn clouds, the echoing thunders roll |