“And check the pow’rs of Night.”

X.

She spoke;—The nodding Poppy then,

Serene, made this reply:

“Proud flow’r, I envy not thy state,

“Nor coat of richest dye.

XI.

“What boast’st thou of his genial pow’r,

“Who slighted all thy charms;

“And, in thy beauty’s brightest noon,