JASMINE, Yellow. 



(Continued.) 



Grace that with tenderness and sense combin'd 



To form that harmony of soul, of face, 

 Where beauty shines the mirror of the mind. Mason. 



I have been often dazzled by the blaze 



Of sun-like beauty ; but till now ne'er knew 



Perfected loveliness ; all the harmonies 



Of form, of feature, and of soul displayed 



In one bright creature, as in thee, my love ; 



In whom, beyond compare, her fairest work 



Maternal nature hath summed all perfection. S. P. C. 



ICE PLANT. 



Mesembryanthemum crystallihum. 



Rejected addresses. Alas! my lord, if talking would prevail, 

 I could suggest much better arguments, 



Than those regards you throw away on me ; 

 Your valour, honour, wisdom, praised by all : 

 But bid physicians talk our veins to temper, 

 And with an argument new-set a pulse ; 

 Then think, my lord, of reasoning into love. 



Young. 



Love is not in our power, 



Nay, what seems stranger, is not in our choice : 

 We only love, where fate ordains we should, 

 And blindly fond, oft slight superior merit. . Frowde. 



I cannot love him : 



Yet I suppose him virtuous, know him noble, 

 Of great estate, of fresh and stainless youth, 

 In voices well divulg'd, learn'd, and valiant, 

 And in dimensions, and the shape of nature, 

 A gracious person : but yet I cannot love him. Shaks. 



If of herself she will not love, 

 Nothing can move her. . . 



Sir J. Suckling. 



JONQUIL, 



Rush-leaved. 



Narcissus Jonquilla. 



/ desire a return of 

 affection. 



Dissolve me into ecstasies, 



And bring all heaven before mine eyes ! . . Milton. 



The joy most like divine 

 Of all I ever dreamt or knew, 

 To see thee, hear thee, call thee mine ! . . . Moore. 



IRIS. 



Iris. 



Tell thyself what I would say 



Thou know'st it, and I feel too much to pray. Dryden. 



