Illustrated history of ancient literature, oriental and classical

by John D. Quackenbos

In pity come and ease my grief,

Bring my distempered soul relief;

Favor thy suppliant’s hidden fires,

And give me all my heart desires.”

Ambrose Philips.

THE ROSE.

“Did Jove a queen of flowers decree,

The rose the queen of flowers should be;

Of flowers the eye; of plants the gem;

The meadow’s blush; earth’s diadem;