GARDENS, WREATHS, & c . 
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And now and then among, of eglantine a spray, 
By which again a course of cuckow-flowers 
they lay : 
The crow-flower, and thereby the clover- 
flower they stick. 
The daisy, over all those sundry sweets so thick. 
As nature doth herself, to imitate her right; 
Who seems in that her pearl so greatly to 
delight, 
That every plain therewith she powd’reth to 
behold 
The crimson darnel flower, the blue-bottle, 
and gold: 
Which though esteemed but weeds; yet for 
their dainty hues, 
And for their scent not ill, they for this pur¬ 
pose chuse. 
The same. —w, b. collyer, d.d. 
Oh ! ask me not the wreath to twine! 
’Tis not for fingers such as mine, 
The Bridal Coronal to weave ; 
Chill’d by the dark and dripping dew, 
Distill’d from cypress and from yew. 
On roses or on lilies laid, 
1 he brightest, loveliest, they would fade, 
And stains upon the fairest leave. 
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