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Sonnet III. Written At Buxton In A Rainy Season.

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From these wild heights, where oft the mists descend         In rains, that shroud the sun, and chill the gale,         Each transient, gleaming interval we hail,         And rove the naked vallies, and extend      Our gaze around, where yon vast mountains blend         With billowy clouds, that o'er their summits sail;         Pondering, how little Nature's charms befriend         The barren scene, monotonous, and pale.      Yet solemn when the darkening shadows fleet         Successive o'er the wide and silent hills,         Gilded by watry sun-beams, then we meet      Peculiar pomp of vision. Fancy thrills,         And owns there is no scene so rude and bare,         But Nature sheds or grace or grandeur there.

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