When I behold a mist arise,

Straight to the same astonish'd eyes

Th' ascending clouds do represent

20A scene of th' smoking firmament.

Oft when I hear a blustering wind

With a tempestuous murmur join'd,

I fancy, Nature in this blast

Practises how to breathe her last,

Or sighs for poor Man's misery,

Or pants for fair Eternity.