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