FABLE XXVIII.The CARNATION andSOUTHERNWOOD.
I.RICHin a thousand beauteous dyes,The sweetCarnationstood;While with a proud disdainful eyeTheSouthernwoodshe view’d.II.“Great is thy Pride,” the flow’r exclaim’d,“To place thee near my side;“For ev’n to grow in this retreat,“Argues thy matchless pride.III.“Say, what art thou, thyself no flow’r,“That dar’st intrude thee here;“’Midst plants fit for a prince’s bow’r,“Flow’rs fit for kings to wear?IV.“Whate’er I am,” the Plant reply’d,“My post I well maintain;“And chearful lend my needful aid,“Where thine, alas! were vain.V.“Say, could thy flow’rs of brightest dye“Infection’sforce withstand?“Ah! what could all thy beauties do,“If plagues laid waste the land?VI.“Mean as I am, the task is mine,“To purge th’ unwholesome air;“To clear the brain, the blood refine,“And seatHygeia[28]there.VII.“Nay farther still;—thyself shalt own“How oft’ I’m join’d with thee;“And thy bright blossoms brighter bloom,“Because they’re plac’d by me.VIII.“Are not thevarious tints, which deck“This scene, the Florist’s pride?“Methen, imperious! venerate“For pow’rs to thee deny’d.—IX.“Say, if each warbler of the grove“Should chuse the self-same strain;“Would the tir’d ear the concert please,“Or wish to hear again?X.“Nature, who made us what we are,“Did diff’rent gifts impart;“And gave to all their portion due“Of her all-plastic art.XI.“Contented then in diff’rent spheres“Unenvying let us move:“For this must still most grateful be“Tothosewho rule above.XII.“Meletthysweetest fragrance grace,“Ev’n from the early May;“AndtheewillIin gardens fair“With sov’reign balm repay.XIII.“For, thus united while we stand,“We need to ask no more;“While mutually we take and give,“We double all ourstore.”XIV.Prudent she said;—her rival, pleas’d,Adopts the smelling green;And one forUse, and one forShow,Together now are seen.XV.Learn hence,That various talents giv’nMean variously to bless:And thus on mutual wants kind Heav’nBuilds mutual Happiness.
I.RICHin a thousand beauteous dyes,The sweetCarnationstood;While with a proud disdainful eyeTheSouthernwoodshe view’d.II.“Great is thy Pride,” the flow’r exclaim’d,“To place thee near my side;“For ev’n to grow in this retreat,“Argues thy matchless pride.III.“Say, what art thou, thyself no flow’r,“That dar’st intrude thee here;“’Midst plants fit for a prince’s bow’r,“Flow’rs fit for kings to wear?IV.“Whate’er I am,” the Plant reply’d,“My post I well maintain;“And chearful lend my needful aid,“Where thine, alas! were vain.V.“Say, could thy flow’rs of brightest dye“Infection’sforce withstand?“Ah! what could all thy beauties do,“If plagues laid waste the land?VI.“Mean as I am, the task is mine,“To purge th’ unwholesome air;“To clear the brain, the blood refine,“And seatHygeia[28]there.VII.“Nay farther still;—thyself shalt own“How oft’ I’m join’d with thee;“And thy bright blossoms brighter bloom,“Because they’re plac’d by me.VIII.“Are not thevarious tints, which deck“This scene, the Florist’s pride?“Methen, imperious! venerate“For pow’rs to thee deny’d.—IX.“Say, if each warbler of the grove“Should chuse the self-same strain;“Would the tir’d ear the concert please,“Or wish to hear again?X.“Nature, who made us what we are,“Did diff’rent gifts impart;“And gave to all their portion due“Of her all-plastic art.XI.“Contented then in diff’rent spheres“Unenvying let us move:“For this must still most grateful be“Tothosewho rule above.XII.“Meletthysweetest fragrance grace,“Ev’n from the early May;“AndtheewillIin gardens fair“With sov’reign balm repay.XIII.“For, thus united while we stand,“We need to ask no more;“While mutually we take and give,“We double all ourstore.”XIV.Prudent she said;—her rival, pleas’d,Adopts the smelling green;And one forUse, and one forShow,Together now are seen.XV.Learn hence,That various talents giv’nMean variously to bless:And thus on mutual wants kind Heav’nBuilds mutual Happiness.
I.RICHin a thousand beauteous dyes,The sweetCarnationstood;While with a proud disdainful eyeTheSouthernwoodshe view’d.
I.
RICHin a thousand beauteous dyes,
The sweetCarnationstood;
While with a proud disdainful eye
TheSouthernwoodshe view’d.
II.“Great is thy Pride,” the flow’r exclaim’d,“To place thee near my side;“For ev’n to grow in this retreat,“Argues thy matchless pride.
II.
“Great is thy Pride,” the flow’r exclaim’d,
“To place thee near my side;
“For ev’n to grow in this retreat,
“Argues thy matchless pride.
III.“Say, what art thou, thyself no flow’r,“That dar’st intrude thee here;“’Midst plants fit for a prince’s bow’r,“Flow’rs fit for kings to wear?
III.
“Say, what art thou, thyself no flow’r,
“That dar’st intrude thee here;
“’Midst plants fit for a prince’s bow’r,
“Flow’rs fit for kings to wear?
IV.“Whate’er I am,” the Plant reply’d,“My post I well maintain;“And chearful lend my needful aid,“Where thine, alas! were vain.
IV.
“Whate’er I am,” the Plant reply’d,
“My post I well maintain;
“And chearful lend my needful aid,
“Where thine, alas! were vain.
V.“Say, could thy flow’rs of brightest dye“Infection’sforce withstand?“Ah! what could all thy beauties do,“If plagues laid waste the land?
V.
“Say, could thy flow’rs of brightest dye
“Infection’sforce withstand?
“Ah! what could all thy beauties do,
“If plagues laid waste the land?
VI.“Mean as I am, the task is mine,“To purge th’ unwholesome air;“To clear the brain, the blood refine,“And seatHygeia[28]there.
VI.
“Mean as I am, the task is mine,
“To purge th’ unwholesome air;
“To clear the brain, the blood refine,
“And seatHygeia[28]there.
VII.“Nay farther still;—thyself shalt own“How oft’ I’m join’d with thee;“And thy bright blossoms brighter bloom,“Because they’re plac’d by me.
VII.
“Nay farther still;—thyself shalt own
“How oft’ I’m join’d with thee;
“And thy bright blossoms brighter bloom,
“Because they’re plac’d by me.
VIII.“Are not thevarious tints, which deck“This scene, the Florist’s pride?“Methen, imperious! venerate“For pow’rs to thee deny’d.—
VIII.
“Are not thevarious tints, which deck
“This scene, the Florist’s pride?
“Methen, imperious! venerate
“For pow’rs to thee deny’d.—
IX.“Say, if each warbler of the grove“Should chuse the self-same strain;“Would the tir’d ear the concert please,“Or wish to hear again?
IX.
“Say, if each warbler of the grove
“Should chuse the self-same strain;
“Would the tir’d ear the concert please,
“Or wish to hear again?
X.“Nature, who made us what we are,“Did diff’rent gifts impart;“And gave to all their portion due“Of her all-plastic art.
X.
“Nature, who made us what we are,
“Did diff’rent gifts impart;
“And gave to all their portion due
“Of her all-plastic art.
XI.“Contented then in diff’rent spheres“Unenvying let us move:“For this must still most grateful be“Tothosewho rule above.
XI.
“Contented then in diff’rent spheres
“Unenvying let us move:
“For this must still most grateful be
“Tothosewho rule above.
XII.“Meletthysweetest fragrance grace,“Ev’n from the early May;“AndtheewillIin gardens fair“With sov’reign balm repay.
XII.
“Meletthysweetest fragrance grace,
“Ev’n from the early May;
“AndtheewillIin gardens fair
“With sov’reign balm repay.
XIII.“For, thus united while we stand,“We need to ask no more;“While mutually we take and give,“We double all ourstore.”
XIII.
“For, thus united while we stand,
“We need to ask no more;
“While mutually we take and give,
“We double all ourstore.”
XIV.Prudent she said;—her rival, pleas’d,Adopts the smelling green;And one forUse, and one forShow,Together now are seen.
XIV.
Prudent she said;—her rival, pleas’d,
Adopts the smelling green;
And one forUse, and one forShow,
Together now are seen.
XV.Learn hence,That various talents giv’nMean variously to bless:And thus on mutual wants kind Heav’nBuilds mutual Happiness.
XV.
Learn hence,That various talents giv’n
Mean variously to bless:
And thus on mutual wants kind Heav’n
Builds mutual Happiness.
Fab. XXIX.Field Flower & Rosemary.Fab. XXX.Judgement of the Flowers.
Fab. XXIX.
Field Flower & Rosemary.
Fab. XXX.
Judgement of the Flowers.