—what art can coax away from its native soil? Do we find it in Francis?—

“Where the pale poplar and the pine

Expel the sun’s intemperate beam;

In hospitable shades their branches twine,

And winds with toil, though swift, the tremulous stream”;

or in Creech—though Creech is here luckier than usual?—

“Where near a purling Spring doth glide

In winding Streams, and softly chide

The interrupting Pebble as it flows”;

or in Prout?—