Then he gave a bunch to a third who recited these two couplets:—
Choice Rose that gladdens heart to see her sight; ✿ Of Nadd recalling fragrance exquisite.
The branchlets clip her in her leaves for joy, ✿ Like kiss of lips that never spake in spite.
Then he gave a bunch to a fourth and he recited these two couplets:—
Seest not that rosery where Rose a-flowering displays ✿ Mounted upon her steed of stalk those marvels manifold?
As though the bud were ruby-stone and girded all around ✿ With chrysolite and held within a little hoard of gold.
Then he gave a posy to a fifth and he recited these two couplets:—
Wands of green chrysolite bare issue, which ✿ Were fruits like ingots of the growing gold.[[415]]
And drops, a dropping from its leaves, were like ✿ The tears my languorous eyelids railed and rolled.
Then he gave a sixth a bunch and he recited these two couplets:—