Caxyro I. NEG BERWANSEONZ 21 --Touch d by his orient beam, reſponſive rings The wns re"and'fibrates all its ſtrings; Accordant ailes the tender tones prolong,

And holy echoes ſwell the adoring long.

“ Yov with light Gas the lamps no&urnal feed, Which dance and glimmer o'er the marſhy mead; Shine round Calendula at twilight hourz, IQT And tip with ſilver all her ſaffron flowers; Warm on her molly couch the radiant Worm,

Guard from cold dews her love-illumin'd form

The lamps no&urnal. 1. 1:9: The ignis fatuus or Jack a lan- tern, ſo frequently alluded to by poets, is luppoſed to originate from the inflammable air, or Hydrogene, given up from mo- raſles; which being of a heavier kind from its impurity than that obtained from iron and water, hovers near the ſurface of the earth, and uniting with common air gives out light by its flow ignition. erh ſuch lights have no exiſtence, an 4 the re-

fledion of a ſtar on watery" ground may have deceived the tra- vellers, who have been ſaid tobe bewildered bv them; ifthe fa& was eſtabliſhed it would much contribute to explain the pheno-

mena of northern lights. I have travelled much in the night, in all ſeaſons of the year, and over all kinds of ſoil, but never ſaw one of theſe Will 0*wiſps.

Shzne round Calendula. 1. I91. See note on Tropzc

Nol. It.

7 pe radiant Worm. 1. 1

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3. See additional notes, No. IX.

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