THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY.

ASTOR, LENOX AND

TILDEN FOUNDATIONS.

BY

WILLIAM COWPER,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, ESQ.

Sicut aquæ tremulum labris ubi lumen ahenis
Sole repercussum, aut radiantis imagine lunæ,
Omnia pervolitat late loca, jamque sub auras
Erigitur, summique ferit laquearia tecti.

Virg. Æn. viii.

So water, trembling in a polished vase,
Reflects the beam, that plays upon its face;
The sportive light, uncertain where it falls,
Now strikes the roof, now flashes on the walls,

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED BY R. & W. A. BARTOW, & BY W. A.
BARTOW & CO. RICHMOND, (VIR.)

Gray & Bunet, Printers.

1821.

THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

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ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS.