VAUNT not, thou blooming sweet, love-tinted Rose,
O’er whose rich beauties each wild Zephyr blows,
Thy charms unequall’d, or unrivall’d power;
Though Joy should cull thee in his happiest hour,
Oft will the feeling heart thy bloom disdain,
And thou an exile from the cheek remain;
Whilst the pale Lily steals thy envied place,
Yet elegantly yields a milder grace.
Ah! should a rising blush renew thy bloom,
Again the Lily is the Rose’s tomb.
But Art to paint the mind must ever fail,
Whose tint most interesting, is softly pale.
(Mrs. Walter Spencer)
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