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 "Know farther; as I rang'd the crystal sky, "I saw thee near the murmuring fountain lie; "Mark'd the rough storm that gather'd in thy breast, "And knew what care thy joyless foul opprest. "Straight I resolv'd to bring thee quick relief, "Ease every weight, and soften every grief; "If in this court contented thou canst live, "And taste the joys these happy gardens give: "But fill thy mind with vain desires no more, "And view without a wish yon shining store: "Soon shall a numerous train before me bend; "And kneeling votaries my shrine attent; "Warn'd by their empty vanities beware, "And scorn the folly of each human prayer."


 * She said; and straight a damsel of her train

With tender fingers touch'd a golden chain. Now a soft bell delighted Maia hears, That sweetly trembles on her listening cars; Through the calm air the melting numbers float, And wanton echo lengthens every note. Soon through the dome a mingled hum arose, Like the swift stream that o'er a valley flows;