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Fleuron from 'Poems on Several Occasions' by William Broome, 2nd edition published in 1739
Fleuron from 'Poems on Several Occasions' by William Broome, 2nd edition published in 1739

The ROSE-BUD:

To the Right Honourable

The Lady JANE WHARTON.

Queen of Fragrance, lovely Rose,
The Beauties of thy Leaves disclose!
The Winter's past, the Tempests fly,
Soft Gales breathe gently thro' the Sky;
The Lark sweet warbling on the Wing
Salutes the gay Return of Spring:
The silver Dews, the vernal Show'rs,
Call forth a bloomy Waste of Flow'rs;

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