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332 capable of enjoying mental intercourſe, and have a reliſh for the ideal tranſports, as well as thoſe of a leſs elevated nature. It was ſome conſiderable time after his marriage, that he wrote to her a very tender Ode, under the name of Delia, full of the warmeſt ſentiments of connubial friendſhip and affection. The following lines in it may appear remarkable, as it pleaſed Heaven to diſpoſe events, in a manner ſo agreeable to the wiſhes expreſſed in them,

This part of the Ode which we have quoted, contains the moſt tender breathings of affection, and has as much delicacy and ſoftneſs in it, as we remember ever to have ſeen in poetry. As