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The soft and shadowy tint, that overspread the scene, the waves,

undulating in the ht, and their low and measured murmurs on the

beach, were circumstances, that united to elevate the unaccustomed lorious world so long,' said she, 'and never

till now beheld such a prospect--never experienced these delights! Every

peasant girl, on my father's domain, has viewed froed, at liberty, her romantic wilds, while I have

been shut in a cloister froned to enchant all eyes, and awaken all hearts How

can the poor nuns and friars feel the full fervour of devotion, if they

never see the sun rise, or set? Never, till this evening, did I knohat true devotion is; for, never before did I see the sun sink below

the vast earth! To-morrow, for the first time in my life, I will see

it rise

O, ould live in Paris, to look upon black walls and dirty

streets, when, in the country, they reen earth!' This enthusiastic soliloquy was interrupted by a rustling noise in the

hall; and, while the loneliness of the place ht she perceived so between the pillars For