THE WHITE JASMINE. 



The beauty of this unassuming flower is even surpassed 

 by its delightful odour ; may we thus always find loveh- 

 ness accompanied by amiabihty ! 



And brides, as delicate and fair 



As the white jasmine flowers they wear. 



T. MOORE. 



The jessamine, with which the queen of flowers 

 To charm her god, adorns his favourite bowers ; 

 Which brides by the plain hand of neatness drest, 

 Unenvied rival! wear upon their breast; 

 Sweet as the incense of the morn, and chaste 

 As the pure zone which circles Dian's waist. 



CHURCHILL. 



THE VIRGIN'S-BOWER. 



When artifice is innocently resorted to for the purpose 

 of giving pleasure, it may be compared to the agreeable 

 fragrance of the sweet clematis. But when it is used to 

 entangle the unwary, it becomes the agent of him whom 

 Milton thus describes ; 



(156) 



