A gesege light as air—a look, 
ord unkind, or wrongly taken— 
oi Hoey that tempest never shoo 
breath, a touch like this, hath 1 .» «+ Moore. 
ANSWER. 
Though light see! a mo 
Tn truer, kindlier harmony, 
Than felt before? 
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PRIMROSE, Evenine. INCONSTANCY. Is there, kind heaven! no constancy in man? 
o steadfast ane no ary us fixed ato, 
ew can bear up t a selfish world? 
ere is suai 
Thomson's Tancred and Sigusmunda, 
Were 
But constant, he — mad that o 
Fills him with faults; makes ect run aod all sins : 
Inconstancy falls oft ere it begi Id. 
Oh! swear not by the moon, th’ inconstant moon, 
That monthly changes in her circled orb, 
Lest that thy love prove, likewise, variable. . . . Shaks, 
PRIMROSE, Rosk-coLorep. Unparronisep merit. Be thou the first true merit to befriend, 
His praise is lost who waits till all commend. . . Pope. 
Ah me! full sorely is my heart forlorn, 
To think how modest worth neglected lies ; 
While partial fame doth with her blasts adorn 
e, as pride and pomp disguise, 
Deeds of ill sort, and mischievous emprise. Shenstone. 
ANSWER. 
I must, in this perverted age, 
It oftens hinders what it should procure. .... Young. 
Unrivalled as thy merit, be thy fame!...... . Tickell. 
PRIVET. Mitpyess. | She was a soft landscape of mild eart 
Where all was harmony and calm a ‘quiet, 
LIGUSTRUM. Luxuriant, b buddi n 
With a spirit as meek, as the gentlest of those 
Who in life’s sunny valley lie sheltered and warm. 
Moore. 
