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5 . floras Choict .
As Jifttfteir tfiuixim 6 h « d Jbfefdrfc Jntn in Meal forfift , the creation we had fesorVfcd i 6 make ; he Wifctked and tfre ¥ e appisarfcd before hirft arrtong otters , the gail&y Flora . Who can cfeserjbe her charifcs ?
Who can-paint rttfr beaiitff ? All that the earth hZd bbrtte in her virgin lap wkfc tollbeted ih thb s&tur * , form , colour , ahd garments of tldra , all tfie g < 5 tfe lboked tipfctfi lifer , all the gof&efcses enitfed her Iteauty .
« Choose" said Jupiter , " a partner tram afthbng th& tmhterdtrs asseihbly of febds aftd geriii , But beware vain ChM that thy chdifce do wot deciei ^ e thefe . '* tloRX tcdkfed with levity afbiihd ; and would that shfe Iia'd cho ^ ih ^ ftcfeb ^ whd bui-rfed With lovfe tcrt ^ a ^ ds Iter ! rod fob
! &Ut hife bfeauty v ^^ is higii tht fnai ^ tt , hh toa <; &i 6 h wais to 6 ^ teiit . Sh 6 fcS& a t ^ p ia glabce aroutid hi * f , aii < i 8 iibse—Whd coUid havfe expected k ? - — ftftfe bf thtt l < rtve $ t " tff the jjdids , thfe vt > s . ittlitB ZebAyrtts . ; &ensefe $ & 1 t * claJmfed jt ^ e JF ^ thfer-6 F the jNfd $ , that thy sex evett in its diViirt * fortiis should ptefer each wanton and
fascinating thar . mtd a higher arid more Sitent loVe . Hadst thou chtften him , fpoindttg to f ^ h ^ ebos } thdu and thy whb * fcfe race had shaded with him inimortaiity . But frotf-, tilfoytkf ironsorfc . ^ Zephprtts embraced her , and sine vanished . As ftb # er- ( 3 tist she Was lost ifa the tfcgion of the god dfr the air /
As Jupker bYotight the ia ^ al fdi-m ^ of his world into existen . ee , atid the wonVo of the earth * was berfpre hini , rea < iy to feting forth into life th ' e s c ^ tt ^ re'd dast ; he called aloud to 2 ^ ephyru » ^ yho slumbered over the ashes of 5 iis beloved . " Abis 6 \ arise ! O youth bring thybeldved here , and behbld heirearthfy a ^ jpfear ^ rice . 2 iephyru 5 canieand with him the ilower dust : it was at once Scattered over the
surface of the ear . th . Phoebus , through ancient love , animated it . The goddesses of the springs and streams , fop sisterly affection , penetrafdd it . Zephyr embraced it , and Flora aj $ pearfrd tfranst formed ftito- a thousand -ihariy-fcoiouredt bttdSd&g fl 6 ^ rers . Each of ' thehi rejoiced a $ she recognised again her , Cefestia !! lover atld
resigned herself to > iis wdhtoh Ici ^ s in his geml ^ -wsivitfg ' aVmfe . Btit 'the joy was short ; as soon as the fair ctae hact unfolded her bosom atld had prepared her biidal toed ih jail the chairhis of p&r famt and cobmrj the satiated Zfephyrul
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cdfti-£ a < &it > h bii h ^ r tbo kfhd and easfly deceived l < Wci by his coristirrimg hekfih , put an early peried * e 4 ier sufferings . Each spring , ye maidens , renews this history . Ye bldorh like Flofa , choose * oiKe teithtr parther than 3 £ e £ hyr « fc . *
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' pMNPMMVVli ^ MM S . Echo .
Bo rit ^ t beHe ve it , ft children of sfmpWcity ; do not believe the poet ' s fable , that fritfetest Eeht * eVef st > lidfted the rrstih Na ^ etssus , or was * % & ! the ! d <| uacious betrayer of her ^ d ^ de ^ s . Listen toftte afedl will relartie thfr true history of Bcheu Hafmchiii , the diiufehter of ldve , w ^ j assistant in
^ ti atfii ^ of Jbpit ^ r his wesrk df trtalib ^ . With ittate rW l ten derness sfte iiiipaf-r ^ a td rli e ftewly fofmeii being % tdhti , a HoTe , wBith , pemifcrates ititd tfie deptftStjJF hi ^ bosohr , binds his whblfe existence tbgfether , aiid cbantects hith ^ ith all kindretj bemgs . At le ^ th she had e ± hiiW * tfed filerself , \ hc beheficen ' t mothet ! and being % btr |) ir 4 , but fvalf an imhibttal * was forced to abandon
her chrldreh . How deepfy did heir departure afflict her ! she fell dtfwn before the throne of Jupiter ai * 6 praye ' d :-i ^—* - ** Powerful God let my form vai > ish from before the hfeavehly beings , fbat < fo not a . » hihi ^ atE rhy heart and my feeling , an 4
do riot separate me from those to Whdrft I h ^ vie given fetistefnee from my own bbsorh ; let mfe at least be invisible amdn & them , khd paftici ^ atd and feel wit £ them each tone of jo ^ or sorrow , with which 1 Endowed them , ha £ t > y or unhappy . " .
" And \ yiil it e&se thee /* answered the god , ** to fed thieir wretchedness invisibly , atld be unable to aid them of In any , way be seen by them ? This & denied thete hf the irrevocable sentence of destiny . " < c L . et me but answer them , " she replied , " let me but be able to repeat th 6 toites which issue from their breasts , ami
niy mate * nal hbarit will be cpmForted ' Jap iter torched her gentfy , and sh ^ became rhfc formless and widely spreaii Zcbo . WhnereVer a tone from dne of het children is heard , the heart df / the mother resounds in sympathy . With tlrre consonance of an hurmcrniotJts sou } , sh 6
produces ftftm every Cr&atufe , every fra * tdrnal beingj the notes of sbfroiv at ) 4 0 f joy . By her the hard rdck i ^ peti ei trated , 1 > yner the soKtary wood is ariiw mated . And how often nast thdU not , thou tewder mothfer , thou bashful inhabitant o tplitude and the sUcti ^ grdve ,
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F&ra > njthraz ftofn thi GtHhdn of Hfritet , 143
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1809, page 143, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1734/page/23/
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