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On Plucking A Rose Intended For A Young Lady.
ON PLUCKING A ROSE INTENDED FOR A YOUNG LADY .
SWEETEST flow ' r that scents the gale . Lovely , blooming , blushing rose . Leave , ah , leave thy peaceful vale , On Carolina ' s breast repose . Tho' from thy parent ' s tender stem , I pluck thee with unhallow'd hand ,
Thou yet shalt shine a brighter gem " Than glitter'd e ' eron Indian strand . For what avails the . diamond's rays If scatter'd on the naked shore ! In vain it casts a lustrous blaze Where only foaming surges roar . But on the bosom of the fair
, If plac'd by cautious curious art , It then becomes a treasure rare . And can a thousand charms impart . So thou soft , lovely , blushing flow ' r , 'That spring ' st within this vale , unseen , Wilt soon assume superior pow'r Adorn'd by Carolina ' s mien .
Then lovely flow ' ret come with me , And on her peaceful bosom rest : Full many a youth shall envy thee , And wish himself but half so blest . •'• • ¦¦ J . T . R . Sunderland ..
MR . EDITOR , rbbservecl , in your last month ' s Miscellany , a very sensible Essav on Modem Au' thorlings , from which I have received so much satisfaction , that , having been acquainted with several of those rhyming genii , I enclose you an Epitaph on orie of them lately deceased , the insertion' of which trill much oblige Yours , Sec . JUVENIS .
HERE ******* -Ups , having ended his days , Whose character merits-both envy and praise ; His Judgment was just , his Conception was clear , His Intentions were honest , his Heart was sincere : Yet unjust to his judgment he frequently err'cl , And the Maxims of . Folly to Wisdom preferr'd : For , too idle to study , too wise to give o ' er ,
He stuck fast in the outset and seldom learn'd more ; And whate ' er was his subject or low , or sublime , Dissipation was sure of her share of his time ; He true firmness thro' life rarely dar'd to display , Still a slave to the whim and caprice of the day : For those systems he loudest was heard to deride Were the same in the sequel he took for his guide ; And the asses aiid fools of his morning ' s decree , Were his evening companions oft chosen to be ; 'Midst a numerous acquaintance extensive his range , Yet he always was fickle aijt ] siirh'il for a change .
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On Plucking A Rose Intended For A Young Lady.
ON PLUCKING A ROSE INTENDED FOR A YOUNG LADY .
SWEETEST flow ' r that scents the gale . Lovely , blooming , blushing rose . Leave , ah , leave thy peaceful vale , On Carolina ' s breast repose . Tho' from thy parent ' s tender stem , I pluck thee with unhallow'd hand ,
Thou yet shalt shine a brighter gem " Than glitter'd e ' eron Indian strand . For what avails the . diamond's rays If scatter'd on the naked shore ! In vain it casts a lustrous blaze Where only foaming surges roar . But on the bosom of the fair
, If plac'd by cautious curious art , It then becomes a treasure rare . And can a thousand charms impart . So thou soft , lovely , blushing flow ' r , 'That spring ' st within this vale , unseen , Wilt soon assume superior pow'r Adorn'd by Carolina ' s mien .
Then lovely flow ' ret come with me , And on her peaceful bosom rest : Full many a youth shall envy thee , And wish himself but half so blest . •'• • ¦¦ J . T . R . Sunderland ..
MR . EDITOR , rbbservecl , in your last month ' s Miscellany , a very sensible Essav on Modem Au' thorlings , from which I have received so much satisfaction , that , having been acquainted with several of those rhyming genii , I enclose you an Epitaph on orie of them lately deceased , the insertion' of which trill much oblige Yours , Sec . JUVENIS .
HERE ******* -Ups , having ended his days , Whose character merits-both envy and praise ; His Judgment was just , his Conception was clear , His Intentions were honest , his Heart was sincere : Yet unjust to his judgment he frequently err'cl , And the Maxims of . Folly to Wisdom preferr'd : For , too idle to study , too wise to give o ' er ,
He stuck fast in the outset and seldom learn'd more ; And whate ' er was his subject or low , or sublime , Dissipation was sure of her share of his time ; He true firmness thro' life rarely dar'd to display , Still a slave to the whim and caprice of the day : For those systems he loudest was heard to deride Were the same in the sequel he took for his guide ; And the asses aiid fools of his morning ' s decree , Were his evening companions oft chosen to be ; 'Midst a numerous acquaintance extensive his range , Yet he always was fickle aijt ] siirh'il for a change .