1 322 THE LILY AND THE ROSE. Each thinks his neighbour makes too free, Yet likes a flice as well as he ; With fophiftry their fauce they sweeten, 'Till quite from tail to fnout 'tis eaten. THE LILY AND THE ROSE. I. THE nymph must lose her female friend If more admir'd than fhe But where will fierce contention end If flow'rs can disagree? III. The rose foon redden'd into rage, And fwelling with disdain, Appeal'd to many a poet's page To prove her right to reign. IV. The lily's height befpoke command, A fair imperial flow'r, She feem'd defign'd for Flora's hand, V. This civil bick'ring and debate And flew to fave, ere yet too late, The pride of the parterre, VI. Your's is, fhe faid, the nobler hue, And your's the ftatelier mien, And 'till a third furpaffes you, Let each be deem'd a queen. VI. Thus fcoth'd and reconcil'd, each seeks The fairest British fair, The feat of empire is her cheeks, They reign united there. IDEM LATINE REDDITUM. I. HEU inimicitias quoties parit æmula forma, Quam raro pulchræ, pulchra placere poteft? Sed fines ultrà folitos difcordia tendit, Cum flores ipfos bilis et ira movent. II. Hortus ubi dulces præbet tacitofque receffûs, Hic fibi regales amaryllis candida cultûs, Illic purpureo vindicat ore rofa.. III. Ira rofam et meritis quæfita fuperbia tangunt, Dum fibi fautorum ciet undique nomina vatûm, IV. Altior emicat illa, et celfo vertice nutat, Ceu flores inter non habitura parem, Faftiditque alios, et nata videtur in ufûs Imperii, fceptrum, Flora quod ipfa gerat. V. Nec Dea non fenfit civilis murmura rixæ, VI Et tibi forma datur procerior omnibus, inquit, His ubi fedatus furor eft, petit utraque nympham Qualem inter Veneres Anglia fola parit, Hanc penés imperium eft, nihil optant amplius, hujus Regnant in nitidis, et fine lite, genis. THE NIGHTINGALE AND GLOW-WORM. A Nightingale that all day long Had cheer'd the village with his fong, Nor yet when even tide was ended, A fomething fhining in the dark, So |