Of open court, an object like a throne Stood fixed; and fixed resemblances were seen But vast in size, in substance glorified ; Swelled in my breast.-'I have been dead,' I cried, I then forgot him :-there I stood and gazed: And I descended. Having reached the house, I found its rescued inmate safely lodged, And in serene possession of himself, Beside a fire whose genial warmth seemed met Great show of joy the housewife made, and truly So ends my dolorous tale, and glad I am F That it is ended." At these words he turned- nay, You have regaled us as a hermit ought; Nay, ARGUMENT. Images in the Valley.-Another Recess in it entered and described.-Wanderer's sensations.-Solitary's excited by the same objects. Contrast between these.-Despondency of the Solitary gently reproved.-Conversation exhibiting the Solitary's past and present opinions and feelings, till he enter; upon his own History at length.-His domestic felicity.-Afflic tions.-Dejection.-Roused by the French Revolution.-Disappointment and disgust.-Voyage to America.-Disappointment and disgust pursue him. His return.-His languor and depression of mind, from want of faith in the great truths of Religion, and want of confidence in the virtue of Mankind. DESPONDENCY. A HUMMING BEE-a little tinkling rill- That the brief hours, which yet remain, may reap And, to remove those doubts, my grey-haired Said "Shall we take this pathway for our guide?— Its line had first been fashioned by the flock Of yon black Yew-tree, whose protruded boughs |