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FRIEDERICH WERNER
The Templars in Cyprus
page 56
•C. II.]
T1IK TFMrUU is errai».
PniLir.
Ali well ! it* leaves so glossy and a» grern
Indemnify mo not for sweet ri|o grajiea.
Hack, proud intruder ! '1 hou, behind, tnay'st serve
To some good use, but my drlicioui fruit»
Thou INII-t not curtain, ovorwecuiiig ono !
l'ride take I also in my lowlier crop
Of root», my Kndive, Sago, and Watercress !
Not brilliant they, but gracious gifts of God ;
The\ heal and freshen our disordered blood.
Hero it's too crowded. "I'is tho mass of Tulijw ;
They vaunt themselves as though the whole mrtcrro
Were kept for them alone' Out, out, vain things !
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