Merry Drollery Compleat (1875)/Finale

by Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth

Finale.

 There are, who, wandering through each trim parterre,Will spy out fungus-growths, neglecting roses;So Readers, leaving what are choice and rare,May take exception to these ancient posies.We grant, some look like weeds; we scarcely dareCommend them to your bosoms, or your noses!What then? In Hortus Siccus plac’d, with care,They’ll gain historical Metempsychosis.

J. W. E. July, 1875.