V.

Then lead me near some winding stream,

Whose surface, ruffled by the breeze,

Reflects chaste Dian’s silver beam,

Faintly beheld thro’ shadowy trees:

Then as I view, with joy serene,

The beauties of this tranquil scene:

If contrast aid the pow’rs of rhyme,

To make the beautiful sublime—

Bid the hoarse thunder loudly roar,