78. UPON ROSES.
Under a lawn, than skies more clear,
Some ruffled roses nestling were:
And, snugging there, they seem'd to lie
As in a flowery nunnery:
They blush'd, and look'd more fresh than flowers
Quicken'd of late by pearly showers,
And all because they were possess'd
But of the heat of Julia's breast:
Which, as a warm and moisten'd spring,
Gave them their ever-flourishing.
79. TO THE KING AND QUEEN UPON THEIR UNHAPPY DISTANCES.
Woe, woe to them, who, by a ball of strife,
Do, and have parted here a man and wife:
Charles the best husband, while Maria strives
To be, and is, the very best of wives,
Like streams, you are divorc'd; but 'twill come when
These eyes of mine shall see you mix again.
Thus speaks the oak here; C. and M. shall meet,
Treading on amber, with their silver-feet,
Nor will't be long ere this accomplish'd be:
The words found true, C. M., remember me.
Oak, the prophetic tree.
80. DANGERS WAIT ON KINGS.
As oft as night is banish'd by the morn,
So oft we'll think we see a king new born.
