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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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WAYSIDE FLOWERS.

Pluck not the wayside-flower,
It is the traveller's dower;
A thousand passers-by
Its beauties may espy,
May win a touch of blessing
From Nature's mild caressing.
The sad of heart perceives
A violet under leaves
Like some fresh-budding hope;
The primrose on the slope
A spot of sunshine dwells,
And cheerful message tells
Of kind renewing power;
The nodding bluebell's dye
Is drawn from happy sky.
Then spare the wayside-flower!
It is the traveller's dower.
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