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THE DAISY. 



" in the spring and play-time of the year 

 That calls the unwonted villager abroad 

 With all her little ones, a sportive train, 

 To gather king-cups in the yellow-mead, 



And prank their hair with Daisies ;" 



and how intimately it is associated with child-life, is shown 

 by the effect of its appearance on a Missionary in India, 

 whose feelings James Montgomery poetized : — 



" Thrice welcome, little English flower! 



Of early scenes beloved by me, 

 While happy in my father's bower, 



Thou shalt the blithe memorial be; 

 The fairy sports of infancy, 



Youth's golden age, and manhood's prime. 

 Home, countiy, kindred, friends, with thee 



Are mine in this far clime. 



Thrice welcome, little English flower ! 



I'll rear thee with a trembling hand ; 

 O for the April sun and shower, 



The sweet May dews of that fair land, 

 Where Daisies, thick as star-light, stand 



In every walk! — that here might shoot 

 Thy scions, and thy buds expand, 



A hundred from one root !" 



Miss Twanilcy had very joyous associations in her mind 

 with Daisies and the days of her childhood, — 



" For one glance 

 Of wondering love we lifted to the vault 

 Of the o'er orbed sky, have we not bent 

 Full many a gaze of pleased affection down 



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