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And Phoenix felt a father's joys in<br />

thee:<br />

Thy growing virtues justified my<br />

cares,<br />

And promised comfort to my silver<br />

hairs.<br />

Now be thy rage, thy fatal rage,<br />

resign'd;<br />

A cruel heart ill suits a manly mind:<br />

<strong>The</strong> gods (the only great, and only<br />

wise)<br />

Are moved by <strong>of</strong>ferings, vows, and<br />

sacrifice;<br />

Offending man their high compassion<br />

wins,<br />

And daily prayers atone for daily<br />

sins.<br />

Prayers are Jove's daughters, <strong>of</strong> celestial<br />

race,<br />

Lame are their feet, and wrinkled is<br />

their face;<br />

With humble mien, and with dejected<br />

eyes,

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