...background to an affecting scene": Ayr, gurgling, kiss'd his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild-woods, thickening green; The fragrant birch and hawthorn hoar, Twin'd amorous round the raptur'd scene. Young's praise and blame at such points are in the spirit of the Preface to the Lyrical...

...grove Where, by the winding Ayr, we met, To live one day of parting love ? Eternity will not efface Those records dear of transports past; Thy image at...little thought we 'twas our last ! " Ayr, gurgling, kiss'd his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild woods, thick'ning green; The fragrant birch, and hawthorn...