...Broke by the jutting land on either side. A sylvan scene Appears above, and groves forever green ; Down through the crannies of the living walls The crystal streams descend in murm'ring Falls. To Justify this quotation it is proper I shou'd add that those mountainous woods are...

...a gloomy shade of waving woods, Their awful brows hang nodding o'er the floods. p A grot is form'd beneath, with mossy seats To rest the Nereids, and...of the living walls The crystal streams descend in murm'ring falls. D •., Oppos'd to these, a secret grotto stands, The haunt of Nereids, fram'd by...

...Betwixt two rows of rocks a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green: A grot is form'd beneath, with mossy seats, To rest the Nereids, and exclude the heats. Down thro' the crannies of the living walls The crystal streams descend in munn'ring falls: No haulsers...

...Betwixt two rows of rocks a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green: A grot is form'd beneath, with mossy seats, To rest the Nereids, and exclude the heats. Down thro' the crannies of the living walls The crystal streams descend in murm'ring falls: No haulsers...

...Betwixt two rows of rocks a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green: A grot is form'd beneath, with mossy seats, To rest the Nereids, and exclude the heats. Down thro' the crannies of the living walls The crystal streams descend in murm'ring falls: No haulsers...

...briny waters glide; Betwixt two rows of rocks a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves forever green: A grot is formed beneath, with mossy seats, To rest...walls The crystal streams descend in murmuring falls. In these "briny waters," "sylvan scenes," and 1 Translation of John Jackson. Oxford. 1908. "crystal...

...Betwixt two rows of rocks, a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green: A grot is form'd beneath, with mossy seats, To rest the Nereids, and...of the living walls The crystal streams descend in murm'ring falls. No haulsers need to bind the vessels here, Nor bearded anchors, for no storms they...

...interesting comparison with the original : a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green: A grot is formed beneath, with mossy seats, To rest...walls, The crystal streams descend in murmuring falls. 'Eighth Eclogue. Cf. the description of the heroine's dress in a Swedish version of the Hero and L'eander...

...briny waters glide, Betwixt two rows of rocks: a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green: A grot is formed beneath, with mossy seats, To rest...walls, The crystal streams descend in murmuring falls. No halsers need to bind the vessels here, Nor bearded anchors; for no storms they fear. 240 Seven ships...

...himself in this alien underworld by quoting John Dryden's translation of Virgil: "A Grot is form'd beneath, with mossy Seats. / To rest the Nereids. and exclude the Heats." Despite his claim that "there is not the smallest Part of this Globe left without evident Signatures...