BAY WREATH. The reward of merit. O, your desert speaks loud ; and I should wrong it, 



To lock it in the wards of covert bosom, 

 Laurus nobilis. When it deserves with characters of brass 



A forted residence, 'gainst the tooth of time, 



And razures of oblivion ......... Shaks. 



The fame that a man wins himself, is best ; 

 That, he may call his own ; * * 



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So man's true fame must strike from his own deeds. 



Middleton. 



How vain are all hereditary honours, 



Those poor possessions from another's deeds, 



Unless our own just virtues form our title, 



And give a sanction to our fond assumption. Shirley. 



'Tis much he dares ; 



And to that dauntless temper of his mind, 

 He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour 

 To act in safety. . ......... Slw.ks. 



A spirit unequalled, and high, 



That claims, and seeks ascendancy ..... Byron. 



A sage in head, a demi-god in war. . . . Teackle. 



He sits 'mongst men, like a descended god : 



He hath a kind of honour sets him off, 



More than a mortal seeming ....... Shaks. 



I 've scanned the actions of his daily life, 



And nothing meets mine eye but deeds of honour. 



Hannah More. 



Good actions crown themselves with lasting BAYS, 

 Who deserves well, needs not another's praise. Heath. 



BELVIDERE. I declare against you. Miserable most, to love unlov'd Shaks. 



Scoparia dulcis. Pray you, no more of this ; 



I would love you, if I could same. 



Wild Liquorice. 



Reason and love keep little company together now a days. 

 A veronica. same. 



Oh, 'tis the curse of love, and still appprov'd, 



When women cannot love, where they 're belov'd. same. 



Of all pains, the greatest pain 



It is to love, but love in vain Cowley. 



