84 FLORA AND THALIA. 



Why did the gods give thee a heavenly form, 

 And earthly thoughts to make thee proud of iti 

 Why do I ask 1 'Tis now the known disease 

 That Beauty hath, to bear too deep a sense 

 Of her ovm self-conceived excellence. 

 O hadst thou known the worth of heaven's rich gift, 

 Thou wouldst have turned it to a truer use, 

 And not (with starved and covetous ignorance) 

 Pined in continual eyeing that bright gem 

 The glance whereof to others had been more, 

 Than to thy famished mind, the wide world's store. 



BEX joxsox. 



