from the Living Plants.
_By H. C. ANDREWS_,
AUTHOR OF
THE BOTANIST’S REPOSITORY, COLOURED ENGRAVINGS OF HEATHS, ETC.
Hail, lovely ROSE, of flowers the blushing queen!
Burst, burst, ye numerous Nondescripts, with spleen!
Ye wondrous Nothings, from a foreign soil
Brought with such labour, care, and anxious toil,--
Say, can your utmost charms, combined, disclose
Beauty and fragrance equal to the ROSE?
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