That are so wondrous sweet and fair.
[Yet, though thou fade,
From thy dead leaves let fragrance rise;
And teach the maid
That goodness Time’s rude hand defies,—
That virtue lives when beauty dies.]
The last stanza was added by Henry Kirke White, and is the crowning grace of a beautiful poem, which would scarcely have been complete without it.
The Wedding Cake.
Verses to accompany the wedding cake prepared by Messrs. Purcell of Cornhill, for the Emperor Napoleon’s marriage.