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dual would be a distinct species by himself. 
Dryden makes it one of the noblest qualities 
in human nature: 
Kindness by secret sympathy is tied; 
For noble souls in nature are allied. 
Locke observes, “ There are such associa¬ 
tions made in the minds of most men, that 
to this might be attributed most of the sym¬ 
pathies observable in them.” 
THE HEART THAT KNOWS NOT 
LOVE. 
WHITE ROSE-BUD. 
Untouch’d upon its thorny stem, 
Hanes the pale rose unfolding. 
e r HURDIS. 
Before the breath of love animated the 
world, all the roses were white, and every 
heart was insensible. Herrick says, that 
As Cupid danced among 
The Gods, he down the nectar flung; 
Which on the white rose being shed, 
Made it for ever after red. 
Another poet makes the rose to say, that it 
