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[Here is the violet, the fragrant type]
Here is the violet, the fragrant typeOf modesty, and here, the white vale-lily,
Purity's emblem,—this forget-me-not
Is truth's own token flower, and yonder daisy,
The lowly symbol of simplicity;—
Blossoms of richer scent, and brighter hues,
Are blooming round me, but I heed them not;
Of these shall be my coronal, for twined
Around thy brow, dear Helen, they will be
The outward signs of those sweet qualities,
That in thy guileless bosom, live enshrined.
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