Lays and Legends or Ballads of the New World By G. W. Thornbury |
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FLOWERS.
Ye short-lived flowers!
That strew your leaves upon the young spring's paths
In May's sweet hours.
That strew your leaves upon the young spring's paths
In May's sweet hours.
Ye fragile flowers!
That tesselate with many a varied gem
Earth's greenest bowers.
That tesselate with many a varied gem
Earth's greenest bowers.
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Ye deep-dyed flowers!
Fed by the silver dew, and canopied by cloud,
Nurtured by showers.
Fed by the silver dew, and canopied by cloud,
Nurtured by showers.
Ye vari-coloured flowers!
That hang your fearful heads like timid beauty
When tempest lowers.
That hang your fearful heads like timid beauty
When tempest lowers.
Ye sweet-juiced flowers!
That with such varied loveliness
Kind Nature dowers.
That with such varied loveliness
Kind Nature dowers.
Ye transitory flowers!
Your life is far more happy, but as brief,
As short as ours.
Your life is far more happy, but as brief,
As short as ours.
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