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Snowdrop. — ‘ Simplicity .’ 
Pure as an infant, ere life has given a tint to its character, is the 
modest Snowdrop. It is the first flower that lifts its head when the 
frosts depart, and its simple confidence seems proverbial. 
A modest Snowdrop ! Emblem pure, that tells 
The sweet simplicity in youth that dwells. 
Mignonette. — ‘ Your qualities surpass your charms' 
There are few persons who would not prefer the homage offered 
to their qualities of mind and heart, to that which is elicited by the 
fading charms of personal loveliness. 
Lady ! accept this gift of modest hue, 
Which in its loveliness resembles you; 
A fitting emblem of your graceful mind, 
Your manners gentle, and your soul refined; 
For as you view it, seems it not to say, 
1 Though we shall perish you will ne’er decay, 
