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BEAUTY. 
in language adequate to convey an idea of its 
charms, although each poet in turn has made 
it the theme of song, or introduced eulo- 
giums on its beauty to heighten the attrac¬ 
tions of his poesy. 
Not one of all the train has, however, been 
able to do justice to its merits, though they 
have denominated it the daughter of heaven, 
the ornament of the earth, and the glory of 
spring. 
When it opens its delicate buds, the eye 
surveys its harmonious outlines with delight. 
But how shall we describe the delicate tints 
of its enchanting colours, or the sweet per¬ 
fume which it exhales ? Behold in the spring 
it raises itself softly in the midst of its ele¬ 
gant foliage, surrounded by its numerous 
buds. This, the queen of flowers, and the 
pride of Flora, seems to sport with the air 
that fans her, to deck herself with the dew- 
drops that impearl her, and to smile upon 
the rays of the sun which cause the expan¬ 
sion of her beautiful form. 
Proud be the rose, with rains and dews 
Her head impearling. 
WORDSWORTH. 
In producing this flower, nature appears to 
have exhausted herself by her prodigality, in 
attempting to produce so fine a specimen of 
freshness, of beauty in form, of exquisite per¬ 
fume, of brilliancy of colour, and of grace. 
