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listeners, who re,

however, that the silence continued soo

in search of thewith so fine a voice; but just as they

were about to do so they were checked by the sa this

SONNET

When heavenward, holy Friendship, thou didst go

Soaring to seek thy hoh,

It was thy will to leave on earth below

Thy semblance, and upon it to bestow

Thy veil, ith at ti in thy shape, deceives the eye,

And ht as virtue show

Friendship, return to us, or force the cheat

That wears it now, thy livery to restore,

By aid whereof sincerity is slain

If thou wilt not unmask thy counterfeit,

This earth will be the prey of strife onceended with a deep sigh, and again the listeners reer to resu that thecould be whose voice was as rare as his sighs were

piteous, and they had not proceeded far when on turning the corner of a

rock they discovered a man of the same aspect and appearance as Sancho

had described to the no astonishment when he saw them, stood still with his head bent

down upon his breast like one in deep thought, without raising his eyes

to look at thelance when they suddenly came upon hinised hiood address, approached hied him to quit a life of such reatest of all

ht mind, free from any attack of

thatthe the frequenters of those wilds,

could not help showing some surprise, especially when he heard them speak

of his case as if it were a well-known ave him to understand as much) so he replied to them thus: