1 "Behold, O man, that toilsome pains do take,

pains > effort, labour

2 The flowers, the fields, and all that pleasant grows, 3 How they themselves do your example make,

example > pattern, model (see Matt. 6.28 ff.)

4 While, nothing envious, Nature them forth throws

nothing envious > [not at all grudgingly]

5 Out of her fruitful lap; how, no man knows, 6 They spring, they bud, they blossom fresh and fair, 7 And deck the world with their rich pompous shows;

pompous > splendid (derives from Latin pompa, a solemn procession, display)

8 Yet no man for them takes pains or care,

for > for; of