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HILD of the year! that ‘round dost run Thy long-lost praise thou shalt regain, 
Thy pleasant course,— when day ’s begun, Nor be less dear to future men 
As ready to salute the sun Than in old time;—thou not in vain 
As lark or leveret — Art nature’s favorite. —Wordsworth. 
TAR of the mead! sweet daughter of the day, Sweet daisy, flower of love, when birds are paired, 
Whose opening flower invites the morning ray, Tis sweet to see thee, with thy bosom bared, 
From the moist cheek and bosom’s chilly fold Smiling in virgin innocence serene, 
To kiss the tears of eve, the dew drops cold! Thy pearly crown above thy vest of green. 
—Dr. Leyden, 
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Daisy. 
Bellis peremus. Narurar Orver: Composite — Aster Family. 
fs ELLIS, the botanical name, is from the Latin Jde/lus, pretty, 
and the French name marguerite, from the Latin margarita, 
a pearl; while the English name is from the Saxon deges-ege, 
day’s eye, as it opens early in the morning. It is a delightful 
little plant, blooming freely throughout the spring and summer 
Breet, and used in medizval times to be worn by ladies and 
é ’ knights when they frequented the tournament. Alcestis, wife of 
al Admetus, king of Pherae, in Thessaly, was called the daisy queen, as she 
was supposed to have been transformed into this ‘flower. 
Sunacence and Beauty. 
NNOCENT maid, and snow-white flower; 
Well are ye pair’d in your opening hour; 
Thus should the pure and lovely, meet, 
Stainless with stainless, and sweet with sweet. 
—Whittier. 
HE daisy scatter’d on each mead and down, 
A golden tuft within a silver crown; 
Fair fall that dainty flower! and may there be 
No shepherd graced that doth not honor thee! 
—Browne. 
Y dimpled brook and fountain brim, 
The wood-nymphs, deck’d with daisies trim, 
Their merry wakes and pastimes keep. —Milton. ' 
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