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Tulip Tree. — c Rural Happiness.' 
Tulip Flower. — ‘ Dream of Love.' C A Declaration.' 
I have combined these sentiments in a single poem, as I imagine 
them all parts of a bright whole. 
Lady, bright! thy father’s halls, 
In princely splendor shine; 
A lowly cot with vine-clad walls, 
Alone I count as mine; 
Here many in attendance wait 
Upon each light behest, 
And all around proclaim thy state, 
By wealth and grandeur blest! 
My humbler home affords not one 
Of all the pageant train, 
'Which glitters like the noon-day sun, 
Around the rich and vain; 
