Siede la terra, dove nata fui, Su la marina, dove 'l Pò discende, Per aver pace co' seguaci sui.

And as for his tendernessthe quality without which all other poetic excellence is barrenit gushes forth toward every creature, animate and inanimate, with one exception, namely, the hypocrite, ever alike "spiacente a Dio e ai nemici sui;" and therefore intolerable to Robert Burns's honesty, whether he be fighting for or against the cause of right.

Thirdly, for the mutual agreement, as being of the same kind: Sus sui, canis cani, bos bovi, et asinus asino pulcherrimus videtur, as Epicharmus held, and according to that adage of Diogenianus, Adsidet usque graculus apud graculum, they much delight in one another's company, Formicae grata est formica, cicada cicadae, and birds of a feather will gather together.