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QUOTATIONS AND NOTES.


And in the Ode to Pity;

'Wild Arun too has heard thy strains,
'And Echo, 'midst thy native plains,
    Been sooth'd with Pity's lute.


SONNET XXXI.

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Alpine flowers.

An infinite variety of plants are found on these hills, particularly about this spot: many sorts of Orchis and Cistus of singular beauty, with several others.


SONNET XXXIII.

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Thy natives.

Otway, Collins, Hayley.