Envy
Mary Lamb
1764 to 1847
Track 1
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With care and culture all may find
Nor after gentle shower
And should it fret, you would suppose
Some pretty flower in their own mind,
Some talent that is rare.
And if this tree were discontent,
Like such a blind and senseless tree
It ne’er had seen its own red rose,
As I’ve imagined this to be,
Nor the sweet mignionet:
This rose-tree is not made to bear
The violet blue, nor lily fair,
All envious persons are:
Or it could ne’er be discontent
Or wished to change its natural bent,
Had ever smelled its rose’s scent,
It all in vain would fret.
With its own pretty flower.
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