28 THE ENGLISH GARDEN. 



To thofe that tend the dying. * Both the youths 



Perceiv'd the change ; and had ftern Death himfelf 500 



Wav'd his black banner vifual o'er their heads, 



It could not more appall. With trembling flep, 



And filent, both convey'd her to the bower^ 



Her languid limbs there decently compos'd, 

 She thus her fpeech refum'd : " Attend my words 505 



" Brave CLEON I dear ALCANDER ! generous Pair: 

 " For both have tender intereft in this heart 

 " Which foon {hall beat no more. That I am thine 

 *' By a dear Father's juft commands I own,, 

 " Much honour'd CLEON ! take the hand he gave, 510 



" And with it, Oh, if I could give my heart, 

 " Thou wert its worthy owner. All I can, 

 " (And that preferv'd with chafteft fealty) 

 " Duteous I give thee, CLEON it is thine ^ 



" Not 



* Thefe lines are taken from the famous paflage in Hippocrates in his book of Prog- 

 noftics, which has been held fo accurately defcriptive, that dying perfons are, from 

 hence, ufually faid to have the fades Hippocratica. The paflage is as follows : P< f 

 4>r<*, opSaty/oJ xotXo, xfoTa^ot ^/*>nrtOTlwxoTf?, uta. 4'^pa xj |t;6ra^/*e>a, ej o Ac'foi rut 

 vrut dirirfatpiAitot, xj TO teppx rtt Tregl TO /*/]<y70, crxA^poV Tt xj iti^.a.^ 

 *tr, xj TO Xgw^a TB &(Ht*fo' v^ffutffV p^Xwgoy re y ^<n tin x} TTtAisv ^ 



