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8. And the rose like a nymph to the bath addressed, 

 Which unveiled the depth of her glowing breast, 

 Till, fold after fold, to the fainting air 



The soul of her beauty and love la}' bare ; 



9. And the wand-like lily, which lifted up, 

 As a Maenad, its moonlight-colored cup, 

 Till the fiery star, which is its eye, 



Gazed through the clear dew on the tender sky ; 



10. And the jessamine faint, and the sweet tuberose, 

 The sweetest flower for scent that blows ; 

 And all rare blossoms from every clime 

 Grew in that garden in perfect prime. 



Hhdltev. 



