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She led him home, and wept amain,
When he was in the house again :

Tears flowed in torrents from her eyes;

She could not blame him, or chastise: She was too happy far.

Thus, after he had fondly braved
The perilous Deep, the Boy was saved;
And, though his fancies had been wuu,
Yet he was pleased, and reconciled

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And in the lonely Highland Dell
Still do they keep the Turtle shell;
And long the Story will repeat
Of the blind Boy's adventurous feat,
And how he was preserved.*

• See note at the end of this Volume.

JUVENILE PIECES.

EXTRACT

FROM THE CONCLUSION OF A POEM,

Composed upon leaving School.

DEAR native Regions, I foretell
From what I feel at this farewell,
That, wheresoe'er my steps shall tend,
And whensoe'er my course shall end,
If in that hour a single tie
Survive of local sympathy,

My soul will cast the backward view,
The longing look alone on you.

Thus, when the Sun, prepared for rest, Hath gained the precincts of the West, Though his departing radiance fail

To illuminate the hollow Vale,

A lingering light he fondly throws
On the dear Hills where first he rose.

II.

EXTRACTS

FROM A POEM ENTITLED

AN EVENING WALK;

Published in 1793.

BRIGHT'NING the cliffs between, where sombrous pine And yew-trees o'er the silver rocks recline;

I love to mark the quarry's moving trains,

Dwarf panniered steeds, and men, and numerous wains :

How busy the enormous hive within,

While Echo dallies with the various din!

Some (hardly heard their chisel's clinking sound)

Toil, small as pigmies, in the gulf profound;

Some, dim between th' aëreal cliffs descry'd,

O'erwalk the slender plank from side to side;
These, by the pale-blue rocks that ceaseless ring,
Glad from their airy baskets hang and sing.

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