Like flower-leaves in a precious volume stored,

To solace and relieve

Some heart too weary of the restless world.—Keble: Christian Year.


Her pretty feet,

Like smiles, did creep

A little out, and then,

As if they started at bo-peep,

Did soon draw in again.—Herrick.

Imitated by Sir John Suckling in his ballad of The Wedding:—