A REFLECTION ON THE FOREGOING ODE. AND is this all? Can Reason do no more, Than bid me shun the deep, and dread the shore? The Christian has an art unknown to thee. And, trusting in his God, surmounts them all. THE LILY AND THE ROSE. I. THE nymph must lose her female friend, But where will fierce contention end, II. Within the garden's peaceful scene Appear'd two lovely foes, Aspiring to the rank of queen, The Lily and the Rose. III. The Rose soon redden'd into rage, Appeal'd to many a poet's page The Lily's height bespoke command, She seem'd design'd for Flora's hand, The sceptre of her pow'r. THE LILY AND THE ROSE. THIS CIVIL BICK RING AND DEBATE THE CODDESS CHANC D TO HEAR. AND PIAW TO SAVE ERE YET TOO LATE, THE PRIDE OF THE PARTERRE. LONDON, PUBLISHED JUNE 1.1810, BYJOHN SHARPE,PICCADILLY. ས. This civil bick'ring and debate The goddess chanc'd to hear, Yours is, she said, the nobler hue, VII. Thus, sooth'd and reconcil'd, each seeks The fairest British fair. The seat of empire is her cheeks, They reign united there. |