106 FLORA AND THALIA. 



THE ROSE OF SUMMER 



Child of the Summer, charming Rose, 



No longer in confinement lie ; 

 Arise to light, thy form disclose, 



Rival the spangles of the sk3^ 



The rains are gone, the storms are o'er, 

 Winter retires to make thee way : 



Come, then, thou sweetly-blushing flow'r. 

 Come, lovely stranger, come away. 



The sun is dress'd in beaming smiles, 

 To give thy beauties to the day ; 



Young zephyrs wait with gentle gales. 

 To fan thy bosom as they play. 



CASSIMin. 



THE DOG ROSE. 

 The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new. 

 And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears ; 

 The rose is sweetest washed with morning dew, 

 And love is loveliest when embalmed in tears. 

 O, wilding Rose, whom fancy thus endears^ 

 I bid your blossoms in my bonnet wave, 

 Emblem of hope and love through future years. 



LADY OF THE LAKE. 



