"Sadly he says, that pity is the best, / The noblest passion of the human breast: / For when its sacred streams the heart o'erflow, / In gushes pleasure with the tide of woe; / And when its waves retire, like those of Nile, / They leave behind them such a golden soil, / That there the virtues without culture grow, / There the sweet blossoms of affection blow."

Douglas: A Tragedy
At least 10 entries in ESTC (1757, 1764, 1768, 769, 1770, 1773, 1775).<br><br>
<u>Douglas: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden</u> (Edinburgh: Printed for G. Hamilton, 1757). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T163010">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;