79 Of his rebuke shall lie.

The rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth.-Isaiah xxv. 8.

80 Be wip'd from every eye.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; neither shall there be any more pain.-Rev. xxi. 4

81 And all be new again.

And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.-Rev. xxi. 5

92 In peace by all who come.

And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.Rev. xxii. 17.

83 The Palm-tree's heavenly branch we twine.

The Scriptures having declared, that the Temple of Jerusalem was a type of the Messiah, it is natural to conclude that the Palms, which made so conspicuous a figure in that structure, represented that Life and Immortality which were brought to light by the Gospel-Observations on the Palm, as a sacred Emblem, by W. Tighe.

84 We bless the flowers expanded all.

And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims, and palm-trees, and open flowers.---1 Kings vi. 29.

85 Without their flames we wreathe the palm.

When the passover of the tabernacles was revealed to the great lawgiver in the mount, then the cherubic images, which appeared in that structure, were no longer surrounded by flames; for the tabernacle was a type of the dispensation of mercy, by which Jehovah confirmed his gracious covenant to redeem mankind.-Observations on the Palm.

86 Saint Augustine to his Sister.

In St. Augustine's treatise upon the advantages of a solitary life, addressed to his sister, there is the following fanciful passage, from which, the reader will perceive, the thought of this song was taken: Te, soror, nunquam rolo esse securam, sed timere semperque tuam fragilitatem habere suspectam, ad instar pavidæ coJumbæ frequentare vivos aquarum et quasi in speculo accipitris cernere supervolantis effigiem et cavere Rivi aquarum sententiæ sunt scripturarum, quæ de limpidissimo sapientiæ fonte profluentes, &c. &c."-De Vit. Eremit. ad Sororem.

87 A Temple to Friendship.

The thought is taken from a song by Le Prieur, called, "La Statue de l'Amitié."

88 Should these fond hopes e'er forsake thee. The metre of the words is here necessarily sacrificed to the air.

89 And when I called thee by names the dearest. The thought in this verse is borrowed from the original Portuguese words.

90 When maidens sing sweet barcarolles.

Barcarolles, sorte de chansons en langue Vénitienne, que chanent les gondoliers à Vénise-Rousseau, Dictionnaire de Musique

91 Why, them-I would rather lay here, gra.

Placing his hand on his paunch.

92 Blue water-lilies, when the breeze. The blue lotos, which grows in Cashmere, and in Persia.

23 As the flower of the Amra just op'd by a bee.

Delightful are the flowers of the Amra trees on the mountain tops, while the murmuring bees pursue their voluptuous toil Song of Jadeva.

94 And precious their tears as that rain from the sky. The Nisan or drops of spring rain, which they believe to produce pearls if they fall into shells -Richardson.

95 Who for wine of this earth left the fountains above.

For an account of the share which wine had in the fall of the angels, v, Mariti.

96 When first 'tis by the lapwing found.

The hudhud, or lapwing, is supposed to have the power to disco ver water under ground.

97 From Chindara's warbling fount I come.

A fabulous fountain, where instruments are said to be constantly playing-Richardson.

98 The cinnamon seed from grove to grove.

The Pompadour pigeon is the species, which, by carrying the frait of the cinnamon to different places, is a great disseminator of this valuable tree.-Vide Brown's Illustr. Tab. 19.

99 Like the wind of the south o'er a summer lute blowing. This wind (the Samoor) so softens the strings of the lutes, that they can never be tuned while it lasts.-Stephen's Persia.

100 With nought but the sea-star to light up her tomb.

One of the greatest curiosities found in the Persian Gulf is a fish which the English call Star-fish. It is circular, and at night very luminous, resembling the full moon surrounded by rays -Mirza Abu Taleb.

101 And calls to the palm-groves the young and the old.

For a description of the merriment of the date-time, of their work, their dances, and their return home from the palm-groves at the end of autumn with the fruits, vide Kemfer, Amoenitat. Exot.

102 That ever sorrowing sea-bird has wept.

Some naturalists have imagined that amber is a concretion of the tears of birds-Vide Trevoux, Chambers.

103 We'll seek where the sands of the Caspian are sparkling.

The bay Kisselarke, which is otherwise called the Golden Bay, the sand whereof shines as fire.-Struy.

104 That blooms on a leafless bough.

The Almond-tree, with white flowers, blossoms on the bare branches.-Hasselquist.

105 Inhabit the mountain herb that dyes.

An herb on Mount I ibanus, which is said to communicate a yellow golden hue to the teeth of the goats and other animals that graze upon it

106 With its plane-tree isle reflected clear.

Numerous small islands emerge from the Lake of Cashmere. One is called Che Chenaur, from the plane-trees upon it.-Foster.

107 And the golden floods that thitherward stray.

The Altan Kol, or Golden River of Tibet, which runs into the Lakes of Sing-su-hay, has abundance of gold in its sands, which employs the inhabitants all summer in gathering it.-Description of Tibet in Pinkerton.

108 There's a bower of roses by Bendemeer's stream. A river that flows near the ruins of Chilminar.