Floccose Agaric. _Agaricus floccosus._
Dedicated to _St. Luke, Evangelist_.
[356] Hentzner.
[357] Brand.
[358] Life of Mr. William Fuller, 1703, 12mo.
~October 19.~
_St. Peter_, of Alcantara, A. D. 1562. _Sts. Ptolemy_, _Lucius_, and
another, A. D. 166. _St. Frideswide_, patroness of Oxford, 8th Cent.
_St. Ethbin_, or _Egbin_, Abbot, 6th Cent.
_The Last Rose of Summer._
’Tis the last rose of summer,
Left blooming alone,
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone;
No flower of her kindred,
No rosebud is nigh,
To reflect back her blushes,
Or give sigh for sigh!
I’ll not leave thee, thou lone one
To pine on the stem,
Since the lovely are sleeping,
Go sleep thou with them;
Thus kindly I scatter
Thy leaves o’er the bed,
Where thy mates of the garden
Lie scentless and dead.
So soon may I follow,
When friendships decay,
And from love’s shining circle
The gems drop away!
When true hearts lie withered,
And fond ones are flown,
Oh! who would inhabit
This bleak world alone?
_Moore._
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