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Nymphs are reproached for not having 

 .prevented thofe evils. 



After this mournful little drama, the 

 Botanic Queen allots new tafks to thefe 

 her hand-maids in the care of vegetation, 

 and they are beautifully fpecified. To 

 them fucceeds an highly interefting pic- 

 ture of Sympathy in a female form, bend- 

 ing over a rock to affift the fhip- wrecked 

 mariners ; fhe is Ihown afterwards as fup- 

 porting feeble Age on her arm, pouring 

 balm into the wounds of Sorrow ; match- 

 ing the dagger from Defpair ; lulling Envy 

 to fieep, and while fhe repofes, .ftealing her 

 envenomed arrows from her quiver. An 

 animated eulogium on a benevolent young 

 lady of Ireland, diverfifies thefe commif- 

 fions; alfo three of Hercules' labors. A 

 flooded country, is prefented in the deluged 

 Etolia ; and the Water Fiend, who caufed 

 the inundation, and whom Hercules fub- 

 dues a fecond time, when affuming the 



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