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Nathaniel Cotton (Натаниэль Коттон)


To a Child of Five Years Old


FAIREST flow'r, all flow'rs excelling,
Which in Eden's garden grew;
Flow'rs of Eve's' imbower'd dwellinga,
Are, my Fair-one, types of you.
Mark, my Polly, how the roses
Emulate thy damask cheek;
How the bud its sweets discloses,
Buds thy opening bloom bespeak.
Lilies are, by plain direction,
Emblems of a double kind;
Emblems of thy fair complexion,
Emblems of thy fairer mind.
But, dear girl, both flow'rs and beauty
Blossom, fade, and die away;
Then pursue good sense and duty,
Evergreens, that ne'er decay.



Nathaniel Cotton's other poems:
  1. Religion and Death
  2. On Lord Cobham’s Gardens
  3. Visions for the Entertainment and Instruction of Younger Minds: Content
  4. Visions for the Entertainment and Instruction of Younger Minds: Happiness
  5. Домашний очагThe Fireside


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