STANZAS TO, AND IN ILLUSTRATION OF, A LANDSCAPE BY CLAUDE.

(For the Mirror.)

Young land of beauty, and divine repose!

Art thou a dream? a vision from on high

Unveiling Paradise? uncurt'ning those

Supernal glories, Eden doth supply

To glad immortals? o'er thee, ev'ning glows,

Brilliant, as seraph's blush—pure as his breath—

Smiling an antidote to tears and death!

Young land of beauty! (fancy could not dwell