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 This said, his powerful Wand he wav'd anew: Instant, a glorious Angel-Train descends, The Charities, to-wit, of rosy Hue; Sweet Love their Looks a gentle Radiance lends, And with seraphic Flame Compassion blends. At once, delighted, to their Charge they fly: When lo! a goodly Hospital ascends; In which they bade each human Aid be nigh,

It was a worthy edifying Sight, And gives to Human-Kind peculiar Grace, To see kind Hands attending Day and Night, With tender Ministry, from Place to Place. Some prop the Head; some, from the pallid Face, Wipe off the faint cold Dews weak Nature sheds; Some reach the healing Draught; the whilst, to chase The Fear supreme, around their soften'd Beds,