Flower Pieces and other poems By William Allingham: With two designs by Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
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WALLFLOWER.
This dark-red Wallflower seemeth well to meDan Chaucer's emblem meetest for to be:
So rich it is, yet sturdy in its hue;
So sweet in scent, yet very wholesome too;
So freshly thriving in a homely place,
Yet in the rarest knots a welcome grace.
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