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Byron. The appearance of the gentlemen was greeted by the smiles of the ladies, who sat round a large window, opening on a green lawn, quietly enjoying an extensive land and sea prospect of singular beauty. The features of the coast were bold and peculiar ; the heights rich in vegeta- tion ; the slopes of the opposite shore were now deeply enveloped in shade, as the sun rapidly approached his decline. In the bay beneath, VOL. I. G 122 TRIFLES LIGHT AS AIR. lay the brig, gently oscillating to an...d fro, with the undulating swell of the sea, and scarcely enough wind to agitate her 'long and lazy pennant/ The shadows now stretching along the wooded heights, to the west, were in admira- ble contrast with the golden glory of the sum- mer sky at sunset. The sea, too, in this direc- tion, was one sheet of sparkling fire, except where the dark forms of the Homistone and Blackstone rocks, were chafed by the swell of the rising tide, and whitened for a moment in its foam. In the extreme distance the Start point caught the eye, dark at its base, and brightening at its summit, by the blaze of retir- ing day.
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