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To a LADY,
With ſome painted Flowers.
tibi lilia plenis
Ecce ferunt nymphæ calathis.
Virgil.
FLOWERS to the fair: To you theſe flowers I bring,
And ſtrive to greet you with an earlier ſpring.
Flowers ſweet, and gay, and delicate like you;
Emblems of innocence, and beauty too.
With flowers the Graces bind their yellow hair,
And flowery wreaths conſenting lovers wear.
Flowers,
