JVIaf^igold — 
Prief. .- 
HEN with a serious' musing I 
behold 
The grateful and obsequious mari¬ 
gold 
How duly every morning she displays _ 
Her open breast when Titan spreads his rays; 
How she observes him in his daily walk, 
Still bending towards him her tender stalk 
How when he down declines she droops 
and mourns, 
Bedew’d (as ’twere) with tears, till he 
returns ; 
And how she veils her flowers when he is gone, 
As if she scorned to be looked on 
By an inferior eye ; or did content 
To wait upon a meaner light than him. 
When thus I meditate, methinks the flowers 
Have spirits far more generous than ours. 
And give us fair examples to despise 
The servile fawnings and idolatries 
Wherewith we court these earthly 
Ha things below 
Which merit not the ser¬ 
vice we bestow. 
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