GERANIUM, Fish. 



Pelargonium inquinans. 



Disappointed Let this 



expectation. Tell thee what I suffer by thy stay 



Did seas divide us, this might well excuse 

 Thy negligence, and my fond heart abuse. 



* * * 



But thou art changed ! That ardour is expir'd, 

 Which once thy wishes with impatience fir'd. 



Mary Q. of F. to C. Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. 



Where now are all my flatt'ring dreams of joy ? 



Smollet. 



It is unkind delay 



Destroys my hopes. * * * * 

 Who can bear this, and keep an equal mind ? 



Sophocles' Electro. 



Why didst thou say I was brighter far 

 Than the bright ray of the ev'ning star ? 



Why didst thou come, 



Seeking my home, 

 Till I believ'd that thy vows were sincere ? 



I ask no vengeance from the powers above, 

 All I implore is, never more to love ! 



. Song. 



Lyttelton. 



GERANIUM, Ivy. Your hand for the next Be her my choice, who knows with perfect skill 



Pelargonium peltatum. 



quadrille 



When she should move, and when she should stand still ; 

 Who, uninstructed, can perform her share, 

 And kindly half the pleasing burthen bear. 

 * * * * 



A nameless grace does in her movements dwell, 

 Which words can ne'er express, or precepts tell. 

 'Tis such an air that makes her thousands fall 

 When Fielding dances at a birth-night ball ; 

 Smooth as Camilla she skims o'er the plain, 

 And flies, like her, through crowds of heroes slain. 



S. Jenyns. 



Answer. 



We '11 knit hands and beat the ground, 

 In a light fantastic round 



Milton. 



GERANIUM, Nutmeg. 



P. odoratissimum. 



An expected meeting The joys of meeting pay the pangs of absence ; 



Else who could bear it? Rowe. 



