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was mine ; yet, dear Mr. Snow., my ad- 

 vantages in that refpeci were not equal 

 to what yours might have been: but, 

 while you give unbounded indulgence to 

 your carnivorous defircs, I have fo far 

 fubdued mine, that the lark pours his 

 mattin fong, the canarybird warbles wild 

 and loud, and the robin pipes his farewell 

 fong to the fetting fun, unmolefted in my 

 prefence ; nay, the plump and tempting 

 dove has repofed fecurely upon my foft 

 back, and bent her gloffy neck in grace- 

 ful curves as ilie walked around me. 



But let me haften to tell thee how my 

 feniibilities in thy favor were, lalt month, 

 unfortunately reprefled. Once, in the noon 

 of one of its moft beautiful nights, I 

 was invited abroad by the ferenity of the 

 amorous hour, fecretly ftimulated by the 

 hope of meeting my admired Perfian. 

 With filent fteps I paced around the 

 dimly-gleaming leads of the palace. I had 



acquired 



