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TO JESSE.
The Rose is called the Queen of all the Flowers,
More radiant, but of odor less divine;
The rich Magnolia, though it scent the bowers
Afar, is far less sweet than Jessamine!
More radiant, but of odor less divine;
The rich Magnolia, though it scent the bowers
Afar, is far less sweet than Jessamine!
The Peach-tree blossom is of “tender smell”—
So is the saintly Apple-bloom divine;
But never Tuberose, from Indian dell,
Could be compared with thee, my Jessamine!
So is the saintly Apple-bloom divine;
But never Tuberose, from Indian dell,
Could be compared with thee, my Jessamine!
There is not, in the Paradise above,
An Amaranth, or bud of Eglantine;
Nor in the Eden-bowers of Perfect Love,
A flower like thee, my gentle Jessamine!
An Amaranth, or bud of Eglantine;
Nor in the Eden-bowers of Perfect Love,
A flower like thee, my gentle Jessamine!
The Lily is not half so sweet as thou,
Nor is the Tonquill's breath so sweet as thine;
Nor is the Daffodill, which greets me now
With its delicious speech, sweet Jessamine!
Nor is the Tonquill's breath so sweet as thine;
Nor is the Daffodill, which greets me now
With its delicious speech, sweet Jessamine!
For, as in heaven there is one star whose light
Is brighter far than all the rest that shine;
So, here on earth, there is one flower more bright
Than all the rest—it is my Jessamine!
Is brighter far than all the rest that shine;
So, here on earth, there is one flower more bright
Than all the rest—it is my Jessamine!
Middletown, Conn., Oct. 24th, 1841.
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