ROSE-BUSH. 317 



Crysp skarlet levis sum scheddand baith attanis, 

 Kest fragrant smel arayd fra goldin granis/' 



Gawin Douglas. 



" Its velvet lips the bashful rose begun 

 To show, and catch the kisses of the sun ; 

 Some fuller bloAvn, their crimson honors shed ; 

 Sweet smelt the golden chives that graced their head." 

 Modernised by Fawkes. 



" Had I a cheek like Rhodope's 

 In midst of which doth stand 

 A grove of roses such as these. 



In such a snowy land : 

 I would make the lily, which we now 



So much for whiteness name ; 

 As drooping down the head to bow. 

 And die for very shame." 



Drayton. 



" A stream of tears upon her faire cheeks flowes. 

 As morning dewe upon the damask-rose. 

 Or crystal-glasse vailing vermilion ; 

 Or drops of milk on the carnation." 



W. Browne's Pastorals. 



" cui plurimus ignem 



Subjecit rubor, et calefacta per ora cucurrit. 

 Indum sanguineo veluti violaverit ostro 

 Si quis ebur ; aut mixta rubent ubi lilia multi 

 Alba rosa ; tales virgo dabat ore colores." 



Virgil, /Eneid, book xii. 



" — Lavinia, in whom profound modesty lighted up a burning flush, 

 and difiused it over her inflamed face. As if one had stained the 

 Indian ivory with ruddy purple ; or as white lilies mingled with 

 copious roses blush : such colors the virgin in her image showed." — 

 Davidson's Translation. 



" The lady lily paler than the moon. 

 And roses, laden with the breath of June." 



Barry. Cornwall. 



" Sometimes upon her forehead they behold 

 A thousand graces masking with delight. 

 Sometimes within her eye-Uds they unfold 

 Ten thousand sweet belgards, which to their sight 

 Do seem like twinkling stars in frosty night : 



