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FLORAL POESY. 
NARCISSUS. 
Let long-lived pansies here their scents bestow. 
The violet languish, and the roses glow ; 
In yellow glory let the crocus shine, 
Narcissus here his love-sick head recline ; 
Here hyacinths in purple sweetness rise, 
And tulips tinged with beauty’s fairest dyes. 
TO A MIRROR. 
FKOM GARCILASO DE LA VEGA. 
Since still my passion-pleading strains 
Have failed her heart to move, 
Show, mirror, to that'lovely maid. 
The charms that make me love. 
Reflect on her the thrilling beam 
Of magic from her eye ; 
So, like Narcissus, she shall gaze. 
And, self-enamored, die. 
X - 
DEATH OF NARCISSUS. 
ADDISON. 
J hen on th’ unwholesome earth he gasping lies. 
Till death shuts up those self-admiring eyes. 
