...methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to go, Spreads its long arms against the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps...amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal, the yellow blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail ; The crowded mart, the cultivated...

...diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms juniilsl the wat'ry roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore....amphibious world beneath him smile, The slow canal, the yellow blossom'd vale, The willow tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain....

...diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow; Spreads its long arms amidst the wat'ry roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore :...amphibious world beneath him smile : The slow canal, the yellow blossom' d vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated...

...Goldsmith lias drawn a very elegant picture of this country in liis admirable poem of the Traveller. " While the pent ocean rising o'er the pile, " Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile j * The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, * The willow-turfed bank, the gliding sail, " The crowded...

...the ocean, and creating a sphere for its labours by that nrm connected bulwark, which ' Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire...amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal, the yellow blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted hank, the gliding sail; The crowded mart, the cultivated plain—...

...diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the wat'ry roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore :...amphibious world beneath him smile : The slow canal, the yellow blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain,...

...pride. Onward methinks, and diligently slow, The firm, connected bulwark seems to go; ' Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire,...While the pent Ocean, rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphrhious world heneath him smile; The «low canal, the yellow'-blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted...

...; And, sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride ; While the spent ocean, rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile. The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow- tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated...

...; And, sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride ; While die spent ocean, rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile. The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain,...

...pride. Onward, methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire,...amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal, the yellow blossom'd vale, The willow tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain,...