Orval, or The Fool of Time | ||
XIII.IMPERFECTION.
All in the spring,When little birds sing,
And flowers do talk
From stalk to stalk;
Whispering to a silver shower,
A violet did boast to be
Of every flower the fairest flower
That blows by lawn or lea.
But a rose that blew thereby
Answer'd her reproachfully
(All in the spring,
When little birds sing,
And flowers do talk
From stalk to stalk):
“Violet, I marvel me
Of fairest flower by lawn or lea
The fairest thou should'st boast to be;
For one small defect I spy,
Should make thee speak more modestly:
409
But then it hangs awry.”
Orval, or The Fool of Time | ||