. Garden flowers . — Narcissus on the grassy verdure lies;But whilst within the crystal font he triesTo quench his heat, he feels new heats , as his own bright image he fell In love with the fantastic shade, ,Aiid oer the fair resemhlance hung knew, fond youth 1 it was himself he loved. Owing to this eiTor, he slighted the love of Echo, who witnessed his fruitlessvows to the deceitful image :— Slie answered sadly to the lovers moan,Sighed hack his siglis, and groaned to every , youth 1 beloved in vain, Narcissus cries—Ah, youth! beloved in vain, the nym
. Garden flowers . — Narcissus on the grassy verdure lies;But whilst within the crystal font he triesTo quench his heat, he feels new heats , as his own bright image he fell In love with the fantastic shade, ,Aiid oer the fair resemhlance hung knew, fond youth 1 it was himself he loved. Owing to this eiTor, he slighted the love of Echo, who witnessed his fruitlessvows to the deceitful image :— Slie answered sadly to the lovers moan,Sighed hack his siglis, and groaned to every , youth 1 beloved in vain, Narcissus cries—Ah, youth! beloved in vain, the nymph replies. Farewell, says he; the parting sound scarce feUFrom his faint lips, but she replied, on the wholesome earth he gasping death shuts up those self-admiring eyes. For him the Naiads and the Dryads the sad Echo answers in her now the sister-nymphs prepaiB his urn,When, looking for his corpse, they only foundA rising stalk with yellow blossoms crowned. __^_^w. THE ROSE. Queen of flowers and emblem of beauty! poets have exhausted theirpowers of language and imagination in singing thy praise. Nations have viedwith each other in doing thee honour. Victors have found their higliestreward in being permitted to sculpture thee upon their shields. Orators haveflung the magic of their spell over listening thousands, and laboured to drawforth the richest treasures of mind and language, that they might win thee—and yet, thou an not proud! Thy graceful head and gentle buds blowmodestly beside the palace of a king, and twine most lovingly around thetrellised porch before the peasants cottage door! Ah!— * Rose, thou art the sweetest flowerThat ever drank the amber shower. The creation of the Rose is said to have been owing to the death of afavourite nymph of Flora, whose beauty of person was only surpassed by thepurity of her heart and the chastity of her mind. Resolved to raise a plantfrom her precious remains. Flora begged the as
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