THE PICTURE OF T. C. IN A PROSPECT OF 
FLOWERS. 
BY ANDREW MARVELL. 
See with what sweet simplicity 
The nymph begins her golden days ! 
In the green grass she loves to lie, 
And there, with her fair aspect, tames 
The wilder flowers, and gives them names : 
But only with the roses plays, 
And them does tell 
What colour best becomes them, and what smell. 
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Meantime whilst every verdant thing 
Itself does at thy beauty charm 
Reform the errors of the spring ; 
Make that the tulips may have share 
Of sweetness, seeing they are fair ; 
And roses of their thorns disarm : 
But most procure 
That violets may a longer age endure. 
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