To A Friend Who Sent Me Some Roses

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1. 1•As late I rambled in the happy fields,
2. 2•What time the skylark shakes the tremulous dew
3. 3•From his lush clover covert;—when anew
4. 4•Adventurous knights take up their dinted shields;
5. 5•I saw the sweetest flower wild nature yields,
6. 6•A fresh-blown musk-rose; 'twas the first that threw
7. 7•Its sweets upon the summer: graceful it grew
8. 8•As is the wand that Queen Titania wields.
9. 9•And, as I feasted on its fragrancy,
10. 10•I thought the garden-rose it far excelled;
11. 11•But when, O Wells! thy roses came to me,
12. 12•My sense with their deliciousness was spelled:
13. 13•Soft voices had they, that with tender plea
14. 14•Whispered of peace, and truth, and friendliness unquelled.