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42 This charms the eye, that teals upon the ear; There ounds are tun'd; and colours blended here. This, with a ilent touch enchants our eyes, And bids a gayer brighter world arie: That, les allied to ene, with deeper art Can pierce the cloe recees of the heart; By well et yllables, and potent ound, Can roue, can chill the breat, can ooth, can wound; To life adds motion, and to beauty oul, And breathes a pirit through the finih'd whole: Each perfects each, in friendly union join'd; This gives Amanda's form, and that her mind.

&emsp;But humbler themes my artles hand requires, Nor higher than the feather'd tribe apires. Yet who the various nations can declare That plough with buy wing the peopled air? Thee cleave the crumbling bark for inect food; Thoe