“Were never half so fair.
VI.
“My crested head erect I rear,
“And bloom with matchless grace;
“The brightest hue my leaves adorns,
“Of all the flow’ry race.
VII.
“Nay, to immortal pow’rs a-kin,
“Descent from Heav’n I claim[26];
“And from eternal-blooming Flow’rs