Like sere flowers to be thrown aside;—

And I will sigh, while some will smile,

To see thy love for more than one

Hath brought thee to be loved by none.

Sir Robert Aytoun.

XV
THE SHEPHERDS FAREWELL.

While that the sun with his beams hot

Scorchèd the fruits in vale and mountain,

Philon the shepherd, late forgot,

Sitting beside a crystal fountain,