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SKETCH OF SCENERY.

was a little glen, which, like a thing Cherish'd in secret, as a treasure hid From all the world, lay bosom'd in those heights; 'Twas such a spot, as in all ages men Have sacred held: the Greek had said, it was Some fabled wood-nymph's favourite dwelling place; And former minstrels of our isle had deem'd, The fairies chose it for their moonlight haunt: Fed by a mountain rill, which softly fell—