The Botanic Garden. Part 2, Containing the Loves of the Plants. A Poem. With Philosophical Notes.
CANTO I.
Group of insects--Tender husband--Self-admirer--Rival lovers--Coquet --Platonic wife--Monster-husband--Rural happiness--Clandestine marriage --Sympathetic lovers--Ninon d'Enclos--Harlots--Giants--Mr. Wright's paintings--Thalestris Autumnal scene--Dervise procession--Lady in full dress--Lady on a precipice--Palace in the sea--Vegetable lamb--Whale-- Sensibility--Mountain-scene by night--Lady drinking water--Lady and cauldron--Medea and Æson--Forlorn nymph Galatea on the sea--Lady frozen to a statue