Excerpt from The Correspondence of Theodosius and Constantia, Before and After Her Taking the Veil: To Which Is Added, the Country Justice, in Three Parts And Open allithe avenues of woe, Yet shall we, C owns, at these gifts repine'? Implore oold apathy to steel the heart? Would you that sensibility resign And with those powers of genius would you part? Ah' no 1 my friend; no: deem the verse divine, That weakness Wrote in Petrarch's gentle strain When once he own'd, at; love's unfavonrmg shrine, A thousandopleasures were not worth one pain. The dreams of fancy soothe the pensive heart; For fancy' s urn can new delight dispense 3 The powers of genius purer joys impart For genius brightens all the springs of sense. 0 charm of every muse-ennobl'd mind, Far, far above the groveling crowd to rise Leave the low train of trifling cares behind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.