24 CONCHOLOGY. 



XLVI. 



JNIusic hath charms to soothe the breast 

 "Where passions rage, and hill to rest, 



E'en in the troubrous hour ; 

 Voluta !^ such desires to heal, 

 Dost thou compassionately feel. 

 That e'en thy lineaments reveal, 



Those signs of soothing power ? 



XLVII. 



What, though by beauty's self attir'd; 

 Though as her perfect fonn admir'd; 



If love thy bosom fill ; 

 If sympathy with hand benign. 

 Have trac'd thy notes in curious line, 

 And made the woes of others thine. 



Then art thou lovelier still. 



