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The Clove Tree was wounded and piquantly said. 
With dignified air and a toss of her head, 
Tho’de 
Wen 
My extraction is good and most highly I’m prized, 
And am sought for my virtues, whilst thou art despis’d. 
The Orchis came forth from the marshes as Error , 
Ike Pii 
And thi 
The Sensitive Plant as the emblem of Terror; 
Horror brought up the rear, with Grief and Despair, 
In the garbs which the Cactus and Marigold wear. 
Then Frivolity follow’d (the small London Pride ) 
And lightly the Larkspur tript close to her side; 
The old cap of Folly fair Columbine wore, 
While Flattery , Venus's Looking Glass bore. 
And to speak of good morals the primitive Due, 
In a dress of pale green half inclining to blue; 
Till a TVhite Rose said, silence , which caus’d her to stop, 
For fear of the scales of Injustice (the Hop,) 
Whose weights are so false, that the Rue was afraid, 
Good morals in them might be partially weigh’d. 
Flora s Oracle* came in a gold color’d suit, 
Having left in the earth his indigenous root ; 
* The Dandelion. 
