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Fairy-ſcene from Mr. Munay's Needwood Fore/?. Referred to zu Canto IV. 1. 35.

HERE, ſeen of old, the e/fin race Witch ſprightly vigils mark'd the place; Their gay proceſſions charm'd the ſight, Gilding the lucid noon of night; Or, when obſcure the midnight hour, Wirth glow-worm lantherns hung the bower. =-Hark!--the ſoft lute!--along the green Moves with majeſtic ſtep the Queen! Me Attendant Fays around her throng,| And trace the dance or raiſe the ſong; Or touch the ſhrill reed, as they trip, With finger light and ruby lip. High, on her brow ſublime, 1s borne One ſcarlet woodbine's tremulous horn; A gaudy Bee-bird's* triple plume

Sheds on her neck its waving gloom;

* The Zummwuing-bird,