Poets Corner.

Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 52, 1 August 1844, Page 4

Poets Corner.

THE BOWER. lUil rustic bower ! Florentia's pleasure hail! i I'V fluted turrets court the passing gale, Mound thy lattice rich-plum'd warblers play, \nd sing in richer strains, the haHow'd lay. - veet birds thy thrilling music fires my heart, And culls my grateful powers to act their part ; • til round the bower in concert may ye meet, \ n-l charm Florentia in her cool retreat. !uv gentle Strephon echo back thy lays ■id chant with • thee his nobler theme of praise j ( -d while at Israel's Altar he shall bend, 1 .iv choicest blessings Irom the skies descend. Vlien bright-ey'd Eglanlina smiles serene, • nd all !>er fragrant charms, and robes of green I \ \ie with sympathy the blushing maid. ': • hide her blushes 'oeath its peaceful shade. '•> in''! bleeding Dolibha in artless grace ■'M-plays the beauties of her blooming face, — l wmes her gay wreath sweet Flora to adorn, \ml boasts ot Rosa's blush without her thorn, \ i.ert bright Lathyra hails the brighter sun, iike conquering heroes proud of battles won : XV ben meek-ey'd Fuschia'neath her foliage green i w-r numerous train of welLshap'd girls shall screen, When fond Acacia's daughters wake to birth. Aid spread their golden ringlets on the earth ; When tail Mimosa shrinking with dismay, •-'olds her dark robes as evening shadows play. *\. hen widow'd Lalixsablevestments 6hows, r.i nds o'er the Urn where all her joys repose ; When lov'd Cliantha opes her blood.stain'd eyes T,» deck with ruby gems our southern skies ; v\ ht-n pendent clusters of delicious fruit t ■ inpis the musician as she tunes her lute ; •acted to Venm be the sylvan bower! Nor near my friends >e clouds of darkness lower ; v) bile others weep, may Strephon's circle sing, Each morn, and eve, and each returning spring. Sydney.—A.