Poetical works of the late F. Sayers to which have been prefixed the connected disquisitions on the rise and progress of English poetry, and on English metres, and also some biographic particulars of the author, supplied by W. Taylor |
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EPIGRAM.
[Who hangs a garland on the rose?—]
Who hangs a garland on the rose?—How idle then the 'broidered vest,
And studded fillet on thy brows,
And pearls that fade upon thy breast;
Twine not with gold thy glossy hair,
That floats, uncheck'd, in lovelier swell;
And scorn the gorgeous gem to bear,
Whose beam thy sparkling eyes excel.
Those dewy lips, that matchless grace,
No borrow'd lustre can enhance;
Trembling, thy potent charms I trace—
But sweet hope lingers in thy glance.
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