flora’s dial. 149 
NoMtnber fi. 
MANDRAKE. — An uncommon thing. 
When William sent a letter to declare 
That he was wedded to a fairer fair, — 
Poor Lucy shrieked, — u To life, to all adieu ! ” 
And in the indignation of despair, 
She tore the letter and her raven hair, — 
She beat her bosom, and the post-boy too; 
Then to an open window wildly flew, 
And madly flung herself into — a chair. 
James Nack. 
iDfoflembsr 7. 
MARVEL OP PERU. — Timidity. 
Go, lovely Rose! 
Tell her that wastes her time and me, 
That now she knows, 
When I resemble her to thee, 
How sweet, and fair, she seems to be. 
Tell her that’s young, 
And shuns to have her graces spied, 
That hadst thou sprung 
In deserts, where no men abide, 
Thou must have uncommended died. Waller. 
