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regard his ſuperſtitious mercy as an object of merriment and contempt. And yet in ſpite of that inſenſibility with which the practice of oppreſſion, and the habits of ſpeculative cruelty, have incaſed our feelings, ſtill are we affected by the ſufferings of other animals; and from their diſtreſs are drawn the fineſt images of ſorrow. Would the poet paint the deep deſpair of the maid, from whoſe ſide the ruthleſs hand of death hath ſnatched ſudden the lord of her affections, the love ofher
