To Philoclea, by the Rev. R. Potter......... To the same, by the same. Page 475 477 To the Painter on Mrs. Longe's Picture, by the same...... 479 ORIGINAL POETRY. FABLE. BY THE LATE WILLIAM GROVE, ESQ. OF LICHFIELD. THE ROSE AND THE PERIWINKLE. How hard my fate, exclaims a Rose, Scant is the portion Nature gives To me, unhappy flower! she cries, See how the Sun's refulgent power The starveling Lily's bosom warms! Each ray that cheers HER opening flower, Serves but to fade my transient charms, While struggling Zephyrs rudely press, By Flora's fairest Handmaids wove. Yon hardy plant, that creeping spreads, Ungrateful Favorite! quick replied To whom thy praise, thy thanks are due. The emerald sprays, that round thee dwell, Full when he rolls the tide of day No drenching rains, no chilling blast In Youth's luxuriant colours dress'd, |