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THE POETRY OF FLOWERS.' 
T HE CEOCUS.—Pleasures of Hope. 
Thomson associates it with the Snowdrop :— 
Pair-handed spring unbosoms every grace, 
Throws out the Snowdrop and the Crocus fiist \ 
and so does Miss Taylor in her verses “ Leafy 
Spring— 
Above the garden beds, watched well by lady s eye,. 
Snowdrops with milky heads peep to the softening 
sky, 
And welcome Crocuses shoot up, 
With gilded spike and golden cup. 
While Miss Twamley designates the Crocus as a 
right royal flower:— 
The regal Crocus, in purple and gold, 
Bursts with life from its leafy fold. 
Adding afterwards:— 
And presently the Crocus heard their greeting, and 
awoke, 
And donned with care her golden robe and emerald- 
coloured cloak; 
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The Crocus brought her sisters too, the purple, pied, 
and white; 
And the redbreast warbled men-ily above the flowerets 
bright. 
