Thy long lost praise thou shalt regain, 
Dear shalt thou be to future men, 
As in old time ; — thou, not in vain, 
Art Nature’s favourite. 
In Yorkshire, this plant is called dog 
daisy; and, in Scotland, gowan, a name 
which, in that country, is also applied to the 
dandelion, hawkweed, &c. 
The opening gowan, wet with dew. 
We find it recorded in Milton’s Comus, 
that, 
By dimpled brook and fountain brim, 
The wood-nymphs, decked with daisies trim, 
Their merry wakes and pastimes keep. 
We cannot reject the following beautiful 
lines by Wordsworth, though we have quoted 
pretty largely from him on the same flower 
before : 
