56 TABLES OF FLOBA. 
TIIE JASMINE. 
The Jasmine, or Jessamine, is the emblem of 
delicacy and elegance. 
Cowper speaks of 
‘ The Jasmine throning wide her elegant sweets, 
The deep dark-green of whose unvarnished leaf 
Makes more conspicuous, and illumines more, 
The bright profusion of her natural stars.’ 
The following line, from Southey’s 1 Thalaba,’ 
can only be appreciated by those who have en¬ 
joyed their delicious fragrance. 
‘And 0, what odors from the Jasmine bowers 1 ’ 
FABLE XVI. 
The Jessamine. 
' Thou Jessamine! thou favored vine, 
That round yon casement lov’st to twine, 
O, tell me what my lady bright 
Is doing in this morning light ? ’ 
4 Beside her snowy couch she stands, 
With lifted eyes and folded hands ; 
Now, blushing, sinks upon her knee, 
Bends low her head, and prays for thee.’ 
