[*] “A flower of purple velvet colour, which, though gathered, keeps its beauty; and when all other flowers fade, recovers its lustre by being sprinkled with a little water.”
Notes on Milton.
VIRTUE AND ORNAMENT; AN ODE.
TO THE LADIES.
The diamond’s and the ruby’s rays
Shine with a milder, finer flame,
And more attract our love and praise
Than Beauty’s self, if lost to fame.
But the sweet tear in Pity’s eye,