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Temperet a lacrymis?"— Author:Virgil.
 * "Quis Talia sando

! blessed Shade, while wrapt in Ocean's womb Thy lost Aurora yields an early Tomb, Say! shall the Bard on Merit's awful bier Steal, though unknown, the sympathetic Tear? The Tear thy Notes of Pity taught to flow, And court the solemn luxury of Woe?

Musæus calls Thee; venerable Name, By Phœbus seated on the heights of Fame; Calls Thee, enamor'd of the Classic Lore, Who sing'st the lost delights of Asia's Shore.

Oh! Thou, whose social, thrilling heart could prove The piercing anguish of Palemon's Love, Could tend amidst the Wreck his parting groan, And for his Tale of Grief forget thy own, Oh! if the Sacred Nine can sooth the Dead, In Fancy's Realm the paths of Sorrow tread; From Anna's Charms an Hero's picture take, And mourn Leander for Palemon's sake.