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First Ihickclouds rose troin ail the liquid plains ;

And as Niglifs diariot llirougli tlioair was drivon, ClaniOLir grew diiinb, iinlieard was shepherd's song, And silence girt tlie woods ; no warbling longue Talk'd to the Eclio ; satyrs broke their dance, And ail theupper worldlay in a trance.

Only the curled streams soft chidings kept ; And little gales that from the green leal" swept Drv summers dust, in fearl'ul whisprings stirr'd, As loath to waken any singing bird » (1).

« The sable mantle of the silent night

Shut l'roni the world the ever joysome light ;

Care lied away, and softest slumbers please

To leave the court for lowly cottages :

Wild beasts forsook their dens on woody hills,

And sleightful otters left the purling rills;

Rooks to their nests in high woods now were llung,

And with their spread wingsshield their nakedyoung» ; (2).

Comparez maintenant la description analogue qui se trouve dans La Vocation.

« Sleep slowly harnest his dull Bears anon ; And, in a noys-lesse Coach ail darkly dight. Takes with him Silence. Drowsinesse. and Xiglit: Th'air thiekning vvhere he goes doth nod the head, The Wolf in Woods lies down. th* Ox in the Mead, Th' Orque under Water ; and on Beds of Down Men stretch their limbs, and lay them softly down. The Nightingale, pearchton the tender spring Of sweetest Haw-thorn, hangs herdrowzie wing,