Mine eyes Were not in fault, for she was beautiful: Mine ears, that heard her flattery; nor mine heart, That thought her like her seeming; it had been vicious To have mistrusted her. с Cymbeline. Act V. Sc. 5. O, that men's ears should be To counsel deaf, but not to flattery! d. Timon of Athens. Act I. Sc. 2. Should the poor be flatter'd? No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp; And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning. e. Hamlet. Act III. Sc. 2. My Rose, so red and round, My Daisy, darling of the summer weather, You must go down now, and keep house together, m. Low underground! The berries of the brier rose N. ALICE CARY-Faded Leaves. 0. ALICE CARY-To Lucy. I know not which I love the most, Or the royal-hearted rose: The pansy in her purple dress, Or the faint fair heliotrope, who hangs, For I love and prize you one and all, From the least low bloom of spring To the lily fair, whose clothes outshine The raiment of a king. The strawbell and the columbine Scatters Far and Wide. There purple pansies, quaint and low, Or stately lilies shine. 8. ELAINE GOODALE-Thistles and Roses. "Farewell, my flowers," I said, t. DORA GREENWELL-One Flower. The lilies white prolonged Their sworded tongue to the smell; Their pretty secrets tell. u. They speak of hope to the fainting heart, With a voice of promise they come and part, They sleep in dust through'the wintry hours, They break forth in glory-bring flowers, bright flowers! W. Mrs. HEMANS-Bring Flowers. The foxglove, with its stately bells The wallflower, on each rifted rock, From liberal blossoms shall breathe down, (Gold blossoms frecked with iron-brown,) Its fragrance; while the hollyhock, The pink, and the carnation vie To decorate the fading year; And larkspurs many-hued, shall drive Gloom from the groves, where red leaves lie, And Nature seems but half alive. i. MOIR-The Birth of the Flowers. Crocus-cups of gold and blue, J. MONTGOMERY- The Valentine Wreath. |