AND FLOWERS OF POETRY. 
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THE FLOWER PLAY. 
How soon a bright and happy child 
Will catch our playful tone, 
And, glad to have a frolic wild, 
Match our mirth with her own! 
I said to Anna once—“Good night, 
My precious Mignionette!” 
And she replied, with quick delight — 
“Good night, my Violet!” 
I tried again — “Good night, my Pink, 
My Jessamine, my Laurel!” 
She pressed her lip — “I cannot think — 
Oh, yes ! good night, my Sorrel!” 
Once more I spoke in pleased surprise — 
“Good night, my little Foxglove!” 
She answered me with laughing eyes — 
“ Good night, my piece of Box, love!” 
I thought to tire her baby-brain; 
But no! she’d not give up. 
“ Good night, my Rose!” — she laughed again — 
“ Good night, my Buttercup !” 
But little versed in Flora’s lore, 
Is Anna; — yet an hour, 
She racked her infant mind for more, 
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And gave me flower for flower 1 
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