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INNOCENCE. 
DAISY. 
The English name of daisy is derived from 
a Saxon word, meaning day’s eye, in which 
way Ben Jonsonwrites it; and Chaucer calls 
it the “ eie of the daie.” We presume that 
it is called day’s eye, from the nature of its 
blossom, which opens at day-break, and 
closes at sunset: 
The little daizie, that at evening closes. 
SPENSER. 
The following address to the daisy is from 
Wordsworth, and we think that it will excite 
in all minds agreeable reminiscences of days 
of childhood. 
In youth from rock to rock I went, 
From hill to hill in discontent, 
Of pleasure high and turbulent, 
Most pleased when most uneasy ; 
But now my own delights I make, — 
My thirst at every rill can slake. 
And gladly Nature’s love partake 
Of thee, sweet daisy ! 
When Winter decks his few grey hairs. 
Thee in the scanty wreath he wears : 
Spring parts the clouds with softest airs, 
That she may sun thee; 
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