Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1772, On Several Parts of ... 1
Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1772, On Several Parts of ... 1
William Gilpin
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If an artificial mirror, a few inches long, placed oppofite to a door, or a window, produ- ces often very pleafing reflections; how noble muft be the appearance, when an area of many leagues in circumference, is formed into one vaft mirror; and this mirror furrounded by a combination of great, and beautiful objeite? The majeftic.repofe of fo grand, fo folepu^ and ( i33 ) and Splendid a fcene raifes in the mind a fort of enthufiaftic calm, which fpreads a mild com- placence over the breaft — a t...ranquil paufc of mental operation, which may be felt, but not defcribed ; Soothing each guftof paffion into peace ; ♦ All but the fwellings of the foften'd heart ; That waken, not difturb, the tranquil mind* When the mind has a little recovered it's tone, from the general impreffion df fuch a fcene; it feels a new pleafure in examining more minutely the feveral pi&urefque ingre- dients, which produced it — the ftillnefs, and' purity of the air — the ftrong lights and ihades' —the tints upon the mountains — the poliih o£ the lake — and, above all, the reflexions dis- played upon it's bofom, when • , ' -fpread, Into a liquid plain, it (lands unmoved, Pure as th* expahfe of heaven-' And to the fringed bank, with ofiers crawned, It's cryftal mirror holds- ■ .
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