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 BOOK THE FOURTH.

DESPONDENCY CORRECTED.

closed the Tenant of that lonely Vale

His mournful Narrative—commenced in pain,

In pain commenced, and ended without peace:

Yet tempered, not unfrequently, with strains

Of native feeling, grateful to our minds;

And doubtless yielding some relief to his,

While we sate listening with compassion due.

Such pity yet surviving, with firm voice,

That did not falter though the heart was moved.

The Wanderer said—

"One adequate support