RAGGED ROBIN ; 

 or, Meadow Lychnis. 

 Flos cuculi. 



Wit. 



With Cupid's arrow, she hath Dian's wit. . . Shaks. 

 Her words do show her wit incomparably. . . same. 



With her mien she enamours the brave; 



With her wit she engages the free ; 



With her modesty pleases the grave ; 



She is every way pleasing to me. . . . Shenstone. 



Illum'd by a wit that would fascinate sages, 

 Yet playful as Peris just loos'd from their cages. 



Moore. 



My heart would you hit, 

 Tip your arrow with wit, 

 And it comes to my heart with a twang. 

 I am rock to the handsome and pretty, 

 Can only be touch'd by the witty ; 

 And beauty will ogle in vain : 

 The way to my heart 's through my brain. . Garric.k. 



RANUNCULUS. 

 Ranunculus. 



/ am dazzled by your 

 charms. 



Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike. . Pope. 



Who sees the heavenly Rosaline, 

 That, like a rude and savage man of Inde, 

 At the first opening of the gorgeous east, 

 Bows not his vassal head, and, strucken blind, 

 Kisses the base ground with obedient breath ? Shaks. 



Oh, I have known a brighter charm 

 Than Flora's region e'er contain'd 

 A piercing radiance that could warm 

 The heart which never beauty claim'd. 



And this was in a maiden's face, 

 Where mantled beauty's gayest dress ; 

 She was so sweet so wildly fair, 

 Methought perfection centr'd there S**n. 



ROCKET. 



Hesperis. 



Rivalry. 



Oh, love ! thou sternly dost thy power maintain, 



And wilt not bear a rival in thy reign, 



Tyrants and thee all fellowship disdain. . . Dryden. 



Love, well thou know'st, no partnership allows ; 

 Cupid, averse, rejects divided vows Prior. 



Friendship is constant in all other things, 



Saving the office and affairs of love : 



Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues, 



And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch 



Against whose charms faith melteth into blood. Shaks. 



