la thee what odors greet 
O 
The longing sense, agree ; 
_And reign in lovely heat—- 
As fountains in the sea. 
Methinks thou hast a tongue 
That answers me again, 
With lovely Muses hung; 
“ O, waste not love in vain ; 
But let his praise be sung, 
Who bade me blush, and reign 
O’er flowers ; by whom I sprung ; 
The God of land and main! 
“My life, I know, is brief; 
My crimson shall grow pale ; 
And I shall shed my leaf, 
And all my odors fail: 
But this can breed no grief; 
I love, and shall prevail; 
And God shall give relief, 
And raise me up from bale. 
