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sention. ‘They who started the friends of the plebei- 
ans, allured by the prospects that flattered ambiti-: 
on, too often betrayed their cause, and joined ifsue. 
with their cruel opprefsors. 
«My spirits were now sunk in the deepest dejec- 
tion. Is man, I exclaimed, born tobe the sport of 
misery ;—must the social union be cemented only by 
blood ? 
» “The weight that hung over my mind overcame 
me, and] fell into a profound sleep. While wrap- 
ped in it, a female more beauteous than the daugh- 
ters of men seemed to stand before me. Sweetnefs 
beamed from her countenance ; music flowed from 
her tongue. After casting on me a look of ineffa~ 
ble mildnefs, the thus broke silence. The angel of 
liberty, O mortal, has coue fron heaven to soothe 
thy troubled soul, to wipe from thy breast the im~ 
prefsions made by the past, by fhewing you what 
is yet tocome. Long, employed in higher regions, 
have I resisted the prayers ot the sons of the dust, 
and deigned not to look on this terrestrial scene. 
But ere long, will I return to thy happy land, and 
pour down upon its inhabitants the richest of my 
blefsings. Guided by my influence, its monarch hall 
no longer wifh to sway the sceptre of opprefsion. 
His will be the delightful tafk of defending and pro- 
tecting his subjects, as a father the children of his 
love. The nobles, under whose rod thy ancestors 
were humbled, hall forget their haughty insolence, 
and guard alike the rights of the sovereign and the 
people. The commons, conscious of their dignity, 
fhall lift their voice,—thall guard by their wise de- 
: erees the happinefs they enjoy, hall give to the ne-~ 
