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te Give buta call, and he'll at once obey.” 
When thus the Knight his fecret ue made 
known, — 
Happy to call fo choice a gift his own, . 
The mighty: ‘Monarch thank’d his courteous 
gueit, ~ 
Then to the palace \ went to renovate the feat. 
The maffy bridle to the tow'r they bear, 
’ The horie then vanith’d—but I know not: 
* where; _ 
And fo I take my leave of all the train 
Who haften to the feftal‘fcene again§ 
And pafs the night in. fports and revels gay, 
Fill thé faine bluthing dawn proclaim’d ree 
: turning day. 

PART THE “SECOND. 
Now fleep on downy pinions hovering nigh, 
heds her fof influence o’er each Weary aie : 
“And ones by one, with fportive: toil oppreit, 
$1o; wly retiring, yield to welcome reft. 
1 fhall a vez tell their dre: ams, by fancy bred, 
‘The fickly phantoms ofa thonbine herd . 
‘Which lof mid wine, and love, and mirth 
__ and notfe, 
a Broods over the pleafures tio hore = enicrs. 
The greater part, o’erwhelm’ dit flunibers tie, 
“Till the bright fun had gain’d tHe middle fRy. 
But Canace, who bade her Sire adiei _ 
And foon at eve to grateful reft withdrew, 
Awoxe at early dawn; fhe déem’d it wrong, 
Fer young and modeft virgins to prolong 
Their revels through the night 3 next day to 
Vdpeadss ss. 
The fade acheek, tir’d fimbs, arid aching head. 
The Ring and Mirror form her only j Joys 
“And every care, andevery wifh emaploy : 
Such bright tranfporting soe thete prefents 
on yield 
he views each wonder in her dreims reveal? a; 
.. dtex col our. COMES, and goes, her pe bees 
hy 
So. much cae burns their magic power to try. 
“Moon. as the fan | illum?d the éaiterh ficiesy 
Gay as the lark, fhe haften’d toarife, 
And call’d her fleepy nurfe ; whofe he-vy head 
“Inclin’d to dos another hour in bed,” 
“© Why with thus carly, madam, to be dreft | > 
She cries, ‘** while yet’ the fluinb’ring 
ce world’s at refto™ °° *S 
Kia! A can no longer fleep,”? replied ne falrs 
And fain would breache the fragrant morning: 
¢ air.” 
The nurfe now waked’ her train ; the darafis 
alk: |. 
Acife at once, obedient to’ her call: 
Their beauteous, miftreds they in hafte array, 
More frefh and fragrant, than the new-born 
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Aad forth he came, with ee thoaeli ee) 
pate, ‘ 
Bright. as the Sun, who iow began his race 
‘The duteous train her devious fteps ee 
And through the dewy’ park their way they” 
bend. 
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The rolling mift, that o’er the Fis fj preadg 
Veil’d the broad fun in deeply bluthing red: 
Yet the fréefh morning aif; the blooming fceneg 
The dew-drops fparkling 0” ‘er each. fender 
green; 
‘The chorus of wild birds, that round them fing, 
And gayly chaunt the praifésof the {pring ; 
Excite a fecret joy in every heart, 
Yet moft_in Canace’s, whom magic art 
Had taught at once, their language,to explair 
And know the meaning of eacii warbled ftrains 
But when we fpin the tedious ftory’s threads 
- Till curiofity itielf be déa?, ; 
We lofe our pains; fo briefly I thalltelly - 
What in thé fequel of their ‘walk. befel. 
As Canace, engaged: in carelefs play - 
- Now culi?d frefh flow’rs, and now purfued hes 
way 5 
She faw, upon a Jone and blafked tree, . = 
Whaote top was bald with dry antiquity,” 
A Falcom percli'd; fier fhnilland moursfalcry 
Made the deep wands, and di@ant grovesreply¢ 
And oft’ with furious beak her breaft the tores 
And with her witgs'affaii’d j ti {pouting goré 
Ran from. the wither’a br ancl, on which. ihe 
ftood, 
-And underneath, the grcund was dyed with 
blood : 
Sa moving her complaints the hardgft heart 
Might learn, in grief Dke hers, to beara part: 
Even the fell favage might her woes deplores 
And eyes might weep, which: never wept be=- 
fore. 
No faléoner e’er view"d a bird fo fairs 
Her form, and plumage, far beyond compare. 
She feem’d a faicon of the gentleft forts. 
From foreign hands procur’d to train for {port 
And now fhe grew fo fuint from lofs of bloods 
She t€arce couid hold the bough om which fie 
ftaod. 
Fais Canace, who on her fitzer wore 
The magic Ring, and heard the hawk deplore 
. Hér moarnfal fate; and view’d her haplets 
plight, 
Had almoft fwoon’d with terfor at the fight ; 
And drawing near the trée with fearful hafte, 
On the fad bird 4 look of pity catty 
And held her lap; with anxious care below} 
Left fhe fhoutd tumble headlong from the 
bough : 
Thus Canace awhile expecting food, 
_ And gaz’d upon the ha awl: . befinear’d with 
Kegne bload. 
- At length the beauteous maid the filence broke, 
- And thus im pity’s tendereit accents fpoke. 
«6 Jf your fad tale may reach a ftranger’s eaty 
‘© Repofe the burthen of your torrows here : 
Ab fure that breaking heart has knowat te 
me prove 
The death of friendfhip, dr the lofs of love; 
For thefe alone deny the mind relief, 
And call deipair to end the fcene of grief 
No other cauie your bofom could inipire, 
Againft yourfelf to wreak. your cruel ire ; 
“ For the dear love of heav’n, your rage re« 
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