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The tender thrill, the pitying tear,

The generous purpose, nobly dear,

The gentle look that rage disarms:

These are all immortal charms.

There are some other thrilling notes in Burns' songs, which, though tinted somewhat beyond general approval, fail not to find the sequestered corners of the heart, which subscribes to that axiom,—"To the pure all things are pure." There are many songs, evincing his belief in the sympathies; for instance, in that song, "Farewell, thou Stream," he says of Eliza:—

Who can forget those words in a ballad—

Again, in the ballad "Adown winding Nith," he speaks of the brilliancy of the eye:—

In the Vita Nuova of Dante, he declares the eyes most show the state of the mind. The 18th Sonnet contains these words, addressed to one of the idealities of his impassioned soul:—

I then perceived that you were pondering

Upon the nature of my saddened life;