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A Muse in Livery

A Collection of Poems [by Robert Dodsley]

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Upon finding the two following Lines transcrib'd by a Lady

When some with cold superior looks redress,
Relief seems insult, and confirms distress.

The beautiful contrast to these two lines,
Reigns in your breast, in all your actions shines:
With other's woes your suffering soul is grieved,
Your aid and pity is at once receiv'd;
Distress is pleasant to be so reliev'd.