FLORA DOMESTICA. 



Crysp skarlet levis'sum scheddand baith attanis, 

 Kest fragrant smel am yd fra goldin granis." 



GAWIN DOUGLAS. 



" Its velvet lips the bashful rose begun 

 To show, and catch the kisses of the sun ; 

 Some fuller blown, their crimson honors shed ; 

 Sweet smelt the golden chives that graced their head." 

 MODERNISED BY FAWKES. 



" Had I a cheek like Rhodope's 



In midst of which doth stand 

 A grove of roses such as these, 



In such a snowy land : 

 I would make the lily, which we now 



So much for whiteness name, 

 As drooping down the head to bow, 

 And die for very shame." 



DRAYTON. 



" A stream of tears upon her faire cheeks flowes, 

 As morning dewe upon the damask-rose, 

 Or crystal-glasse vailing vermilion ; 

 Or drops of milk on the carnation." 



W. BROWNE'S PASTORALS. 



" cui plurimus ignem 



Subjecit rubor, et calefacta per ora cucurrit. 

 Indum sanguineo veluti violaverit ostro 

 Si quis ebur ; aut mixta rubent ubi lilia multa 

 Alba rosa ; tales virgo dabat ore colores." 



VIRGIL, ^ENEID, book xii. 



" Lavinia, in whom profound modesty lighted up a burning flush, 

 and diffused it over her inflamed face. As if one had stained the 

 Indian ivory with ruddy purple; or as white lilies mingled with 

 copious roses blush : such colors the virgin in her image showed." 

 DAVIDSON'S TRANSLATION. 



" The lady lily paler than the moon, 

 And roses, laden with the breath of June." 



BARRY CORNWALL. 



" Sometimes upon her forehead they behold 

 A thousand graces masking with delight, 

 Sometimes within her eye-lids they unfold 



