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THE PAINTER.
RUSTICUS loquitur.That rock's his haunt.—There's not in all our hills
A hunter that can climb with him. He 'll watch
Before the lark is up; and, staff in hand,
For hours stand gazing, by the eagle's nest,
Like one enamour'd of the rising sun.
And then he 'll make his couch beside a rill:
Which, in his fantasy, he strews with shells,
And hangs with garlands of the weedy flowers.
Some think him love-crost;—others, that he deals
With spirits,—for all such seek loneliness:
And yet I think him holy, for he loves
Our convent walls, and many an evening strays
To see the sunset sleeping on its roof
And its old arches; or but turns away
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And then he 'll spread his book upon his knee,
And make a thousand things of beauty, then
He 'll tear the page, and fling it down the wind.
Here's one of them.—
STRANGER.
This is Lorraine; or he is not on earth.
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