3 
INTRODUCTORY PIECES. 
Who, satisfied with only pencilled scenes. 
Prefer, to the performance of a God, 
Th’ inferior wonders of an artist’s hand. 
Lovely, indeed, the mimic works of art; 
But Nature’s works far lovelier. 
THE FEMALE FLORIST. 
BABBAULD. 
But softer tasks divide Florella’s hours ; 
To watch the buds just opening on the day; 
With welcome shade to screen the languid 
flowers 
That sicken in the Summer’s parching ray. 
Oft will she stop amidst her evening walk. 
With tender hand each bruised plant to rear, 
To bind the drooping lily’s broken stalk, 
Aud nurse the blossoms of the infant year. 
The same. —village curate. 
-Much I love 
To see the fair one bind the straggling pink. 
Cheer the sweet rose, the lupin, and the stock. 
And lend a staff to the still gadding pea. 
Ye fair, it well becomes you. Better thus 
Cheat time away than at the crowded rout, 
