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To CONTEMPLATION.

Και παγας φιλεoιμι τον εγγυθεν ηχον ακουειν,Α τερπει ψοφεοισα τον αγρικoν, ουχι ταρασσει.ΜΟΣΧΟΣ. 
Faint gleams the evening radiance thro' the sky,The sober twilight dimly darkens round;In short quick circles the shrill bat flits by,And the slow vapour curls along the ground.
Now the pleas'd eye from yon lone cottage seesOn the green mead the smoke long-shadowing play;The Red-breast on the blossom'd sprayWarbles wild her latest lay,And sleeps along the dale the silent breeze.Calm Contemplation, 'tis thy favourite hour!Come fill my bosom, tranquillizing Power!
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