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XLVIII. 



For not alone to please the eye, 

 Or deck our fields, this rich supply 



Of ornaments profuse ; 

 Medicinal their juices flow, 

 Nor idly do their colors glow, 

 For He, who dress'd the beauteous show 



Assign'd to each its use. 



XLIX. 



And not to casual glance display'd 

 Alone ; — by microscropic aid. 



We view a wond'rous store ; 

 The cups nectareous now appear. 

 The fringe, the down, the gland' lar hair, 

 The germ enclosed with curious care, 



And petals spangled o'er. 

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