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FABLE VIII. 



THE TULIP AND THE MYRTLE*. 



'TwAs on the border of a stream 



A gayly-painted Tulip stood. 

 And, gilded by the morning beam. 



Surveyed her beauties in the flood. 



* This fable was first published in a Collection of Letters, sup- 

 posed to have passed between St. Evreraond and Waller. 



