RETURN, SICILIAN MUSE, 



AND CALL THE VALES, AND BID THEM HITHER CAST 

 THEIR BELLS, AND FLOWERS OF A THOUSAND HUES. 



Milton's Lycidas. 



FROM FLOWERS WHICH WE TWINE FOR THE TEMPLE OF LOVE, 

 LOVE ITSELF MAY INSTRUCTION RECEIVE. 



Ji H. Payne. 



COME, MAKE UP A NOSEGAY 



FOR HER WHOSE LOVE YOU PRIZE, 



CHOOSE WHAT YOU WILL} HERE ARE ENOUGH, 



WILD BLOOMS, AND GARDEN FLOWERS. 



Anonymous. 



FROM GIANT OAKS, THAT WAVE THEIR BRANCHES DARK, 

 TO THE DWARF MOSS, THAT CLINGS UPON THEIR BARK. 



Darwin. 



OH ! WHAT TENDER THOUGHTS BENEATH 

 THOSE SILENT FLOWERS ARE LYING, 

 HID WITHIN THE MYSTIC 'WREATH 

 MY LOVE HATH KISs'o IN TYING. 



Moore. 



ACACIA, Rose. 



Robinia hispida. 



Friendship. 



If I do vow a friendship, I '11 perform it. 



Shaks. 



Angels from friendship gather half their joy. 

 Heaven gives us friends to bless the present scene. 



Young. 



Friendship ! thou soft propitious pow'r ! 

 t Sweet regent of the social hour ! 

 Sublime thy joys, nor understood, 

 But by the virtuous and the good ! . . . . Cotton. 



Nor hope to find 



A friend, but what has found a friend in thee. 

 All like the purchase, few the price will pay ; 

 And this makes friends such miracles below. Young. 



