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THE POETRY OF FLOWERS. 
And back it gives tby blushes meek 
In one rejoicing flood ! 
That balm has treasured all thy sighs, 
That snow-drop touch’d thy brow, 
Thns not a charm of thine shall die 
Thy painted people vow. 
Simmons. 
MARIGOLD.— Pain. Chagrin. 
All the world knows this golden-coloured flower, 
which symbolizes a mental sorrow; as when Phoebus 
—down declines, she droops and mourns, 
Bedewed as ’twere with tears, till he returns; 
And * * veils her flowers when he is gone 
As if she— 
—did contemn (despise) 
To wait upon a meaner light than him. 
Wither. 
MICHAELMAS DATSY.— Afterthought. 
We’ll pass by the garden that leads to the gate, 
But where is its gaiety now ? 
The Michaelmas Daisy blows lonely and late, 
And the yellow leaf whirls from the bough. 
Taylor. 
MIGNONETTE.— Your Qualities surpass 
your Charms. 
Mignonette’s meek humble form 
Without one tint upon her modest garb 
