tion; immediately oppofite appears a grotefque dropping fountain ftarting from the mofs grown crevices of a rude heap of cinders and ftones. Down the steep floping banks, and along the margin of the rill, are dropped ftately foreft trees promifcuously crowded, mixed with copfe wood, thin and tall: these interweave their branches, and their rich foliage affords a chearful gloom, impervious to the fun, except in fmall openings, where its rays dart through, and throw the most enlivening contraft to the deep fhade that reigns within the bofom of this lovely recefs.

The path from hence feals to another delicious feat, backed by a large rugged root of a tree, and has thefe lines:

O let me haunt this peaceful fhade,
Nor let ambition e'er invade

The tenant of this leafy bow'r,

That fhuns her paths, and flights her pow'r.

Hither

Hither the peaceful Halcyon flies,
From focial meads, and open fkies
Pleas'd, by this ril. her courfe to steer,
And hide her fapphic plumage here.

The trout, bedropt with crimson stains,
Forfakes the rivers proud domains;
Forfakes the fun's unwelcome gleam,
To lurk within this humble stream:

And fure I hear the Naiad fay,

"Flow, flow, my stream, this devious way; "Tho' lovely foft thy murmurs are,

"Thy waters lovely, cool and fair;

"Flow, gentle stream, nor let the vain
"Thy fmail unfully'd ftores difdain;
"Nor let the penfive fage repine,
"Whofe latent courfe refembles thine."

Notwithstanding this feat is at fo triAling a distance from the laft, the diversity is admirable; it looks rather down the grove, tho' the cascade on the left is ftill feen to great advantage; the brisk flowing rivulet changes its form, and rambles

in carclefs beauty along the flowery bottom to the calm lake, juft perceptible among the spreading arms of the trees, which grace and dignify the fwelling banks of the delicious vale; the dropping fountain is entirely excluded, as well as the arch of the bridge: so happily did the defigner in every refpect vary, difpofe, and give beauty to every thing he undertook.

The path from hence abruptly turns along the fteep fides, to a feat under a tree, which looks up the grove, and finely takes in the different mazes and falls of the rill. A little below appears the arch, which having paffed, a gloomy walk leads to a root-house in a fequestered corner, where the following lines appear fo happily adapted to the place.

Here in cool grot and moffy cell,
We rural Fays and Fairies dwell;
Tho' rarely feen by mortal eye,
When the pale moon, afcending high,

Darts

Darts through yon lines her quivering beams,
We frisk it near these crystal streams.

Her beams reflected from the wave,
Afford the light our revels crave ;
The turf with daifies broider'd o'er,
Exceeds we wot the Parian floor;
Nor yet for artful strains we call,
But liften to the waters fall.

Would you then tafte our tranquil fcene,
Be fure your bofoms be serene ;
Devoid of hate, devoid of strife,

Devoid of all that poifons life;

And much it 'vails you in their place,

To graft the love of human race.

And tread with awe these favour'd bow'rs,

Nor wound the fhrubs, nor bruife the flow'rs;

So

may your path, with fweets abound!
So may your couch with reft be crown'd!
But harm betide the wayward fwain,
Who dares our hallow'd haunts profane.

From this rural cell, the walk winds back again to the dropping fountain, which is whimfical and pretty; and a lit

tle farther, in a fhady spot, where a thoufand natural flowers grace the dappled carpet, is a bench with this infcription :)

Sweet Naiad, in this crystal wave

Thy beauteous limbs with freedom lave;
By friendly fhades encompass'd, fly
The rude approach of vulgar eye;
Yet grant the courteous and the kind,

To trace thy foot steps unconfin'd ;

And grant

the fwain thy charms to fee, Who form'd these friendly fhades for thee R. DODSLEY.

The whole of the grove from this inviting feat is full of scenery; the trees which rife on the oppofite fteep declivity, from the margin of the placid brook, which here appears unbroken with a fall, are dropped in the most agreeable fimplicity and confufion; and though the great cascade is fecluded by the projecting banks, its roaring diftinctly marks its vicinity, and fooths the ear, while the delighted eye rambles with the fmooth glid