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    my poor deserts , and suffer these my words , O Zahoran , to find some favour in thy mind , even for the strong emotion and pure passion which hath thus made rne stand unabashed before thee setting all thy riches at nought , and placing thee , with thy herdsman , upon level earth !'

    When Zahoran heard this , his pride was aroused , so that he shook like a tree when the winds sweep across from the mountains . But his mind was astonished and disturbed , and he knew not well how he should answer . ' Go out from my presence , ' said he , ' for I do not understand what has caused tnee to come to me with such words ; yet pause—hearken to thy master , Zahoran , who hath ever dealt with a kind hand towards thee , and ail his servants . I have ever found thee a faithful and a good

    man ; leave therefore now my flocks and herds to other keepers , and I will give thee sufficient for thy well-being in some distant place ; but pursue not thy dreams any further , lest thou stumble into a pit to rise no more , nor see the light of Zahoran ' s countenance . Go !' But Akiba answered , * I hope but for the light of one countenance , and that is Leah ' s ; and when my soul can no longer bask therein with blissful dreams , I care not into what pit ray

    body fall . * So saying he knelt and kissed the hem of Zahoran ' s farment , and went out from his presence with a deeply troubled eart . And Zahoran sought his daughter Leah , walking alone in a distant garden , and said to her , ' How comes it that thou hast shown thy face illumined with smiles unto my herdsman Akiba , and wherefore hast thou suffered him to gaze unawed upon thy beauty , and to hear the sound of thy voice , sweet and familiar to

    his ear , so that his heart loveth thee and hath given him sufficient courage to ask thee in marriage of thy father ? Why hast thou thus forgotten the dignity of Zahoran , and why hast thou cast off thy virgin modesty , as the rose , too early blown , sheddeth its fair leaves upon the rank grass , and streweth profusely the earth that is common to all feet ; even to the feet of the pennyless stranger , or the robber that hath nowhere to lay his head ? Why hast thou done this thing , to bring shame upon us both V

    And Leah answered , ' O my father ! let not thy gathering wrath be as a whirlwind that sweepeth down both good , and evil ; nor thy pride as a high tower of brass , reflecting the clear glory of the heavens , and the green fields of the earth , yet insensible oi their Maker , even as of its builder ' s hand . Well knowest thou the strong feelings of the soul in youth , and thou hast taug ht me

    the sweetness and the power of thought that passeth not away . It is true , that which thy herdsman Akiba hath told thee ; for he hath the love of thy dau g hter Leah . He sought it not , neither did I give it unto him . It went from me , and he received it into his bosom . If then its fluttering cannot free itself from that fond

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    648 Akiba .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1834, page 648, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2637/page/44/