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XINES ON PASSIKG A VIOI / ET BED , A ^ HIL , 1810 * Returnin ® slowly past the violet bed . The passing gale a fragrant odour spread ; I searehM the spot , and quickly then I found , Hid ' neftth their leaves , and bending to the ground ^ Two modest buds , which without vain display Had op'd their leaves to meet the eye of day ; .,. And fr 6 m the covert of their leafy cell Were but discover ed by their fragrant smelL And such methought ( whilst plucking off the stem ^ Is modest virtues ' s pure and simple gem ; Without one ostentatious wish for praise , But still retiring from the public gaze . > Itspreads its sweet beneficence around , And by the fame it shuns can but be found * Further , the simile my mind pursu ed , As the sweet flowers all withered soon I view e d ; . For still , though dead , their fragrant sweets remain'd ^ And their soft leaves the power to please retain ed ; Nor yet has tyrant death itself the pow ' r Virtue to conquer with life's transient hour ; It still will live in every kindred breast , And make the world by its soft influence blest , Till that great hour when heaven ' s eternal King Calls it to blossom in an endless spring . x
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DR . DRENNAN TO HIS WIF& , WITH A RIN « . i Emblem of happiness I not bought nor sold , Accept this modest ring of virgin gold . Love in this small but perfect circle trace ^ And duty in its soft but strict embrace . Plain , precious ., pure , a * best becomes the wiff ^ Yet firm to bear the frequent rubs of life ;
Connubial life disdains a fragile toy Which rust can tarnish and a touchdestroy ; Nor much admires what courts the general gaae * The dazzling diamond ' s meretricious blaare ^ That hides with glare the anguish of a hearty By nature hard but polished bright by art .
More to thy taste , the ornament that shews Domestic bliss , and without glaring glows , Whose gentle pressure serves to keep the mind To all correct , to one discreetl y ^ kind—Of simple elegance the unconscious charm , The holy amulet to keep from harm , To guard at once and consecrate the shrine ?—Take this dear pledge—it makes and keeps tike * mine *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1811, page 50, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2412/page/50/
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