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But, though so handsome, it does not seem a favourite 
of the muse; for it is rarely mentioned by the poets. 
Ben Jonson, indeed, gives it a “ slender help to fame,” 
by placing it in a nosegay composed of almost every 
flower of the garden: — 
“ Bring cornflag, tulip, and Adonis-flower ; 
Fair ox-eye, goldy-locks, and columbine, 
Pinks, goulands, king-cups, and sweet sops-in-wine; 
Blue harebells, paigles, pansies, calaminth. 
Flower-gentle, and the fair-haired hyacinth : 
Bring rich carnations, fleur-de-luces, lilies, 
Bright crown-imperial,” &c. 
The grass which clothes the meads to-day, 
But withers with to-morrow’s ray, 
The rose aye coupled with the thorn, 
The lily, by the rude blast torn, 
Yet still so fragrant and so meek — 
These to our common nature speak, 
And utter truths of thrilling sound, 
Where’er a human heart is found. 
