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of the generous Bread $ and this amounts fo that 
mod divine Gift Compaffion, which is the Root of 
many Virtues, which comforts the Afflicted, and cafes 
them of great Part of their Diftrefl'es j and that Pity, 
which arifes at the Tears of afflicted Beauty, often 
grows into the mod lading and generous Friendship. 
Juvenal , in his fifteenth Satyr, has given a true 
Pidure of Cornpafilon in the following Lines : 
— MolUJima cord a 
Humano generi dare fe natura fatetur, 
Qua lacrymas dedit : h£c nofir i pars optima fenfus » 
P lor are ergo juhet caufam lugentis amici . 
Nature imperio ’gemtmusy cum funus adult £ 
Virginis occurrit, vel terra clauditur infans . 
Tears have their great Ufe in human Life; they 
are often the dronged and mod perfuafive Solicitors 
for Mercy : 
Quo gemitu converfi animi, comprejfus et omnis 
Impetus . — 
His lacrymis vitam damns, et mifereficimus ultra. 
But, befides thefe, I find an Englifh Poet tinging 
their other Ufes in the mod pathetic and engaging 
manner , whofe charming Song it would be unpar- 
donable to conceal, fince no Language can bead of 
one more expreffive upon the Subject, and wherein 
he has fhewn, that Tears are a Billing peculiar only 
to human Nature, 
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