Brydone, Patrick; Beckford, William: A Tour Through Sicily And Malta: in a series of letters to William Beckford ; in 2 vol. (Band 1) (1775)

SICILY AND MALTA. 163

" Tho' chang'd thro' all, is yet in all the same,
" Great in the earth, as in th' cetherial frame:
" Warms in the sun, refresties in the breeze,
" Glows in the stars, and bloiToms in the trees;
" Lives thro' all life, extends thro' all extent;
** Spreads undivided, operates unspent.
" To him no high, no low, no great, no small;
W He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all."
Now, what do you imagine he would
think of such a being ? I am afraid his
understanding would be so bewildered, that
he could not think at all. But set up
before him the figure of a fine woman, with
a beautiful child in her arms, the most
interesting object in nature; and tell him
fiie can procure him every thing he wants ;
he knows perfectly well what he is about;
feels himself animated by the object, and
prays to her with all his might.
Adieu.—We are going to be very busy;
and are preparing every thing for one of
the greatest objects of our expedition ; the
examination of mount ./Etna. Indeed, we
M 2 have