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POPPY, WHITE. ClaulS. Order 1. The white 



given, because the flower or fruit 

 of the poppy was formerly mixed 

 with the pap given to children in 

 order to procure sleep. 



FORGETFULNESS, OR CONSOLATION. 



There poppies white, and violets, 

 Alcippus on the altar sets 

 Of quiet sleep; and weaves a crown 

 To bring the gentle god adown. 



Fracattoro trant. 



SENTIMENT. 



Will you drink of this fountain, and sorrow forget? 

 Has the past been so blest that you hesitate yet ? 

 Can love, when 't is slighted, still cherish a token, 

 Or hearts still forgive, that unkindness has broken? 



If you will not call wo and reproach on his name, 

 Forget him; for honor, for pride, and for shame; 

 And if passion resist every feeble endeavor, 

 Drink deep of the wave, and forget it forever. 



Percival. 



ANSWER. 



1 never will curse him, I never must bless, 

 Though if anger were greater, the grief would be less. 

 I have suffered; and much, ere I die, must bear yet, 

 But I cannot forgive, and I will never forget. 



Anon. 



