THE GARDEN. 
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And soon as came the pleasant Spring, 
The singing birds built in it; 
The Blackbird and the Throstle-cock, 
The Woodlark and the Linnet. 
/And all within my Garden ran 
\ A labyrinth-walk so mazy; 
In the middle there grew a yellow Rose; 
At each end a Michaelmas Daisy. 
I had a tree of Southern Wood, 
And two of bright Mezereon ; 
A Peony root, a snow-white Phlox, 
And a bunch of red Valerian; 
A Lilac tree, and a Guelder-Rose; 
A Broom, and a Tiger-lily; 
And I walked a dozen miles to find 
The true wild Daffodilly. 
I had Columbines, both pink and blue, 
And Thalictrum like a feather; 
And the bright Goat’s-beard, that shuts its 
leaves 
Before a change of weather. 
I had Marigolds, and Gilliflowers, 
And Pinks all Pinks exceeding; 
I’d a noble root of Love-in-a-mist, 
And plenty of Love-lies-bleeding. 
