POETS AND DAISIES. 



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We wonder how many of our poets have done homage 

 to the sweet and simple " nursling," or rather, whether by any 



FIG. 30." The Daisie scattered in each mead and down." 



true poet it has been neglected. Cowper reminds us that in 



" The spring and play-time of the year" 

 the village-wife and her little ones go forth to 

 " Prank their hair with daisies." 



