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Flower Pieces and other poems

By William Allingham: With two designs by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Allingham, William (1824-1889)
  
[dedication]

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FLOWER PIECES.
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DAY AND NIGHT SONGS.
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BALLADS, Etc.
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HONEYSUCKLE.

One summer noon, all carelessly dispread
Where lush green trails a thickest bower did form,
I gazed on trumpet-blossoms overhead
Dropping with honey sweetness, amber-warm,
Till sleep came softly. Oh, what maiden charm
Flush'd dainty-bright that bower, in vision seen!
What noble knighthood there did swiftly arm
For high emprises of the Faëry Queen!
Murmuring a word, I woke—'twas Spenser's name I ween.
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