And bade the lovely maids draw nigh,
And each select some favour’d flow’r.
VIII.
The first, with radiant splendor charm’d,
A variegated Tulip chose:
The next, with love of beauty charm’d,
Preferr’d the sweetly-blushing Rose.
IX.
The third, who mark’d, with depth of thought,
How those bright Flow’rs must droop away,