[Poems by Osgood in] The poetry of flowers and Flowers of Poetry | ||
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FOLLY.
COLUMBINE.
Folly of old, with gay deceit,When Love was seeking Virtue's bower,
Led the bright boy to Beauty's feet;
And she, in that one fatal hour,
Enwove a chain so strong, so fair,
It bound them both for ever there!
[Poems by Osgood in] The poetry of flowers and Flowers of Poetry | ||