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die there. Her betrothed lover hears of 

 her fituation, and purfues her thither; 

 raifes a tent ; procures her food, covering, 

 and medicines ; binds her fevered brows, 

 and ftrews aromatic herbs and flowers upon 

 her pillow. He efcapes the contagion 

 himfelf, and reftores his beloved miftrefs to 

 health. The Poet has very fweetly told 

 this interefting tale ; a fmgle epithet is 

 perhaps the only word it contains which 

 could be altered to advantage. It is in the 

 following line, 



And clafp'd the bright infection in his arms. 



The adjeclive bright is too gay for it's 

 fituation ; fair, or kvd, would be more 

 fubdued, and in better keeping with the 

 mournful tendernefs of the narration. 



Lefs bold, fays the Poet, was Leander, 

 eying, as he fwam, the love-lighted tower. 

 Lefs bold alfo, Tobias, inftrucled by an 

 angel to drive away the demon from the 

 fatal bride. 



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