Hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoram;

The marigold, that goes to bed with the sun,

And with him rises weeping; these are flowers

Of middle summer, and, I think, they are given

To men of middle age: You are very welcome.—

———— ———— ——— Now, my fairest friend,

I would, I had some flowers of the spring, that might

Become your time of day; and yours, and yours;

That wear upon your virgin branches yet

Your maidenheads growing:—O, these I lack,