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HE PRAYS THAT, IN REWARD FOR HIS LONG AND VIRTUOUS ATTACHMENT, SHE WILL / VISIT HIM IN DEATH.
If Mercy e'er rewardeth virtuous love, / If Pity still can do, as she has done, / I shall have rest, for clearer than the sun / My lady and the world my faith approve.