TO
FLORELLA
,
PUTTING
ON
A
FLOWERED
HAT
,
BY
THE
SAME
.
FLORELLA
,
veil
those
radiant
eyes
,
Those
lovely
seatures
hide
;
For
which
a
thousand
nymphs
have
wish'd
,
A
thousand
swains
have
sigh'd
.
Then
might
each
youth
more
sasely
view
The
gay
,
the
blooming
maid
;
While
half
those
graces
lie
conceal'd
Beneath
that
flowery
shade
.
Thus
when
the
bright
,
meridian
sun
His
vivid
warmth
displays
,
We
thank
the
kind
officious
cloud
That
shades
the
dazzling
rays
.