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LXXII.

"Then patient bear the Suffering you have earn'd,

"And by these Sufferings purify the Mind;
"Let Wisdom be by past Misconduct learn'd:
"Or pious die, with Penitence resign'd;
"And to a Life more happy and refin'd,
"Doubt not, you shall, new Creatures, yet arise.
"Till Then, you may expect in me to find
"One who will wipe your Sorrow from your Eyes,
"One who will soothe your Pangs, and wing you to the Skies."

LXXIII.

They silent heard, and pour'd their Thanks in Tears.

"For you (resum'd the Knight with sterner Tone)
"Whose hard dry Hearts th' obdurate Demon sears,
"That Villain's Gifts will cost you many a Groan;
"In dolorous Mansion long you must bemoan
"His fatal Charms, and weep your Stains away;
"Till, soft and pure as Infant-Goodness grown,
"You feel a perfect Change: then, who can say,
"What Grace may yet shine forth in Heaven's eternal Day?"

LXXIV.