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The locked buttons on the gemmed trees 
O’erspreadand leaves of nature’s tapestries; 
Soft grassy verdure, after balmy showers. 
On curland stalkis smiland to their flowers. 
Beholdand them so many divers hue. 
Some pers,^ some pale, some burnet,^ and some blue. 
Some grey, some gules,^ some purpure, some sanguene, 
Blanchet^ or brown, fauch-yelLoui^ many ane. 
Some heavenly coloured, in celestial gre,‘ 
Some watry-hued, as the haw-waly^ sea; 
And some depaint in freckles red and white. 
Some bright as gold, with aureate lea vis lite-.' 
The daisie did unbraid her crownal smale. 
And every flower un-lapped in the dale. 
The flower-de-luce forth spread his heavenly hue, 
Flower-damas,"' and columbo black and blue. 
Sere dowis smale on dandelion sprung. 
The young green bloomed strawberry-leaves among; 
Gimp gilliflowers their own leaves uyi-shet-," 
Fresh primrose, and the purpure violet. 
The rose-hiobbis tetand° forth their head, 
Gan chip, and ki/th’ their vernal lippis red; 
Crisp scarlet leaves sheddand, baith at anes. 
Cast fragrant smell amid from golden grains. 
Heavenly lilies, with lockerand' toppis white 
Opened, and shew their crestis redemiteJ 
<1 Pecs—light blue, 
e Burnet —brownish, 
f Gules —scarlet, 
g Blancliet —white. 
l> Fauch-yellow —fawn-coloured yel¬ 
low. 
> Celestial gre —sky blue, 
k Haw-waly —dark-waved. 
' Lite — little. 
•” Flower-damas —damask rose. 
" Unshet —unshut, opened. 
<> Rose-knobbis tetand —rose-buds 
peeping. 
P Kyth —show. 
1 Lockerand —curling like locks of 
hair. 
r Redemite —crowned. 
The expression “ lockerand toppis,” in speaking of the lilies, is very quaintly 
appropriate, as so many of that class of flowers have the petals, when fully 
expanded, turning back in a perfect curl like the red tiger lily. 
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