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THE Rose round which of late in such disport,
So many came t'admire and to court;
With drooping head now mourns that she should be
By all forsaken she was wont to see.
No gentle Zephyr now as yester-noon,
Comes near to revel in her sweet perfume;
Now hovers near, and stays his flight to view
Her full-blown beauties-nor as hitherto,
To kiss from off her breast the pearly dew:
No tuneful Bee* now hier on eager wing
His admiration of her charms to sing,
Nor longer seeks to ristle and to sip
The honied treasures of her fragant lip.
And why is this? -the reason soon is told:
Nor Butterflies nor Bees are grown more cold-
But thou, poor Rose! -'tis thou art growing old!
Thy beauties in their prime but yesterday;-
To-day, alas! are fading fast away!
Yield thee to Love, sweet youth, while youth is thine;
Seek thee a mate e'er yet thy youth decline,
Nor make delay to love, to woo and wed,
Till Age has strewn its snows upon thine head.
Of Life's best years waste not the richest bloom
In fruitless use, for Time in Beauty's tomb;-
Youth, Strength, and Beauty have not long to stay,
To-day they're thine-to-morow pass'd away!
AMARE juveni fructus, crimen seni.-SENEC. in Proverb.
DESINE, dulcium
Mater saeva cupidinum,
Circà lustra decem flectere mollibus
Tam durum imperiis. Abi
Quò blandae juvenum te revocant preces. -HORACE.
In Caducum Parietem non inclinandum.
WHEN the fresh rose first opens to the day,
'Tis wooed by all that love round flowers to play:
But when it droops and all its bloom is o'er,
No Bee then seeks it for its honey more.
*Apes à marcidis floribus abstinere solent: mortuis, ait Plinius, floribus ne quidem corporibus insidunt.
So fares it ever with the rich and great
To poverty reduc'd by adverse Fate:
Few know them then, or their acquaintance boast;
Not even those who fawn'd on them the most;
Smil'd when they smild, and made without a cause
Each look and word their subjest for applause;
In sordid worship of that wealth and state
Which grov'lling minds they pay towards the great.
Then like the Rose deserted by the Bee,
When all its wealth of sweets has pass'd away,
Each shuns the fall'n, nor merit more can see
In him whose call they truchl'd to obey.
MY lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar
off.-Psalm xxxviii. II.
MANY will entreat the favour of the prince, and every man is a friend to him that
giveth gifts; [But] all the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his
friends go far from him?- Prov. xix. 6, 7.
SOME friend is a companion at the table, and will not continue in the day of thy
affliction. In thy prosperity he will be as thyself, and will be bold over thy servants:
[But] if thou be brought low, he will be against thee, and will hide himself from thy
face. -Ecclesiasticus vi. 10-12.
A FRIEND cannot be known in prosperity, and an enemy cannot be hidden in
adversity. In the prosperity of a man enemies will be grieved, but in his adversity
even a friend will depart. -Ibid. xii. 8,9.
WEALTH maketh many friends; but the poor is seperated from his neighbour.
Prov. xix. 4.
THERE is a companion which rejoiceth in the prosperity of a friend, but in the
time of trouble will be against him. There is a companion which helpeth his friend
for the belly, and taketh up the buckler against the enemy. -Ecclesiasticus xxxvii. 4,5.
WHERE the carcase is, there the eagles will be gathered together. -Matt. xxiv. 28.
CUM Fortuna manet vultum servatis amici,
Cum credit, turpi vertitis ora fugâ. -OVID.
WHEN as my Light much like an ev'ning starre,
Did cast his glittering beames both neare and farre;
Then light me glorious, flame me dreadfull made,
And none injuriously durft me upbraide;
But when my Light into a snuffe did turne,
And cloth'd with darkenesse, I did caese to burne,
Loe how without defence I naked stand,
Thus torne and rent by this devouring band.
Glory, as envy, so it terrour lends
To Mortals: Majesty it selfe defends;
But after treacherous Fortune flies away,
To an unarmed dwarfe its make a prey.
FARLIE'S Emblems.
BEES TOUCH NO FADING FLOWERS
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