_Videte lilia agrorum ... nec Salomon, &c._ Matt. vi. 29.
Candide rex campi, cui floris eburnea pompa est,
Deque nivis fragili vellere longa toga;
Purpureus Salomon impar tibi dicitur esto.
Nempe, quod est melius, par fuit ille rosis.
_Look on the lilies of the field ... not Solomon, &c._
O fairest monarch of the enamell'd field,
Whose is the blossom'd pomp of ivory splendour,
And whose the fleeces, snowy-white, which yield
Long-flowing robes immaculate and tender.
Ah, not like lilies--'tis divinely spoken--
Was Solomon, with sin encrimsoned;
But not unlike--and 'tis a better token--
Roses tear-wash'd, which hang the blushing head. R. WI.