Diversified the Scene. Above the flakes
Of silv’ry snow, full many a modest flow’r
Peep’d through its icy veil, and blushing ope’d
Its variegated hues; The Orchis sweet,
The bloomy Cistus, and the fragrant branch
Of glossy Myrtle. In his rushy cell,
The lonely Anchoret consum’d his days,
Unnotic’d, and unblest. In early youth,
Cross’d in the fond affections of his soul
By false Ambition, from his parent home