...Here the blue bugloss paints the sterile soil : — Hardy and high above the slender sheaf The shining mallow waves her silky leaf: O'er the young shoot,...And clasping tares cling round the sickly blade." That the bugloss " paints the sterile soil," is very evident from its places of growth ; yet London...

...poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil, There the blue bugloss paints the sterile soil ; Hardy and bigh, above the slender sheaf. The slimy mallow waves her...silky leaf; O'er the young shoot the charlock throws a shader \ And the wild tare clings round the sickly blade j With mingled tints the rocky coasts abound,...

...Poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil, There the blue Bugloss paints the sterile soil ; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The slimy Mallow waves her...abound, And a sad splendour vainly shines around. So looks the Nymph whom wretched arts adorn, Betray'd by Man, then left for Man to scorn ; Whose cheek...

...the sterile soil; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The slimy mallow waves her silky leaf; e 2 O'er the young shoot the charlock throws a shade,...cling round the sickly blade ; With mingled tints the reeky coasts abound, And a sad splendour vainly shines around. So looks the nymph whom wretched arts...

...sterile soil ; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The slimy mallow waves her silky leaf; r. 2 O'er the young shoot the charlock throws a shade,...cling round the sickly blade ; With mingled tints the reeky coasts abound, . And a sad splendour vainly shines around. So looks the nymph whom wretched arts...

...the sterile soil; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The slimy mallow waves her silky leaf; c 2 O'er the young shoot the charlock throws a shade,...cling round the sickly blade ; With mingled tints the reeky coasts abound, And a sad splendour vainly shines around. So looks the nymph whom wretched arts...

...poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil ; There the blue bugloss paints the sterile soil ; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The slimy mallow waves her...abound, , And a sad splendour vainly shines around, So looks the Nymph whom wretched arts adorn, Betray 'd by Man, then left for Man to scorn; Whose cheek...

...poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil ; There the blue bugloss paints the sterile soil; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The slimy mallow waves her...charlock throws a shade, And clasping tares cling roung the sickly blade; With mingled tints the rocky coasts abound, And a sad splendour vainly shines...

...poppies nodding mock the hope of toil, There the blue bugloss paints the sterile soil ; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The slimy mallow waves her...abound, And a sad splendour vainly shines around. Here joyless roam a wild amphibious race. With sullen woe display'd in every face ; Who, far from civil...

...poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil; There the blue bugloss paints the sterile soil; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The slimy mallow waves her...charlock throws a shade, And clasping tares cling ronng the sickly blade; With mingled tints the rocky coasts abound, And a sad splendour vainly shines...