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The Cestus of Love—irresistible zone, Tho’ 
Which the goddess of beauty e’er wears on her throne. Toei 
And 
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Next came the proud Hollyhock waving its head, But ' 
With the bright Amaryllis array’d in her red, The! 
For Ambition is still the attendant of Pride , Helu 
And if not her sister, is nearly allied! Daei 
Till the Broom as Humility swept them away, And: 
Saying, “ flowers and honors endure but a day!” Whil 
The beautiful Stocks, then on hearing this said, Until 
Grew crimson and white, as they rose from their bed. Aspir 
For “ Beauty is lasting ,” they seem to declare 
To the Beetles of earth and the Moths of the air! 
But the Amaranth told them their colours would fail, The I 
And their perfume and fragrance be lost to the gale j Came 
Whilst he as immortal would ever be found Fascii 
In verdure and bloom all the four seasons round. Thev 
Then Envy (the Bramble) demanded his name, Thej 
For the Stocks begg’d to know whence the Amaranth came. <htai 
Immortality said, I am not of the earth, The 8 
My origin’s heaven, for there was my birth ; Twas 
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