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THE T OETKY OF FLOWER I. 
TO A CROCUS.* 
BY BERNARD BARTON 
Welcome, wild harbinger of spring * 
I o this small nook of earth • 
Feeling and fancy fondly cling’ 
Round thoughts which owe their birth 
lo thee, and to the humble spot 
Where cliance has fix’d thy lowly lot 
T t ? ee , ~ for thy rich golden bloom, 
Like heaven’s fair bow on high, 
Portends, amid surrounding gloom 
That brighter hours draw nigh, ’ 
When blossoms of more varied dyes 
bhall ope their tints to warmer skies. 
Y ^, not the li! y’ nor the rose, 
Though fairer far they be. 
Can more delightful thoughts disclose 
I ban I derive from thee: 
Ihe eye their beauty may prefer: 
1 he heart is thy interpreter! 
Vfethinks in hy fair flower is seen, 
i>y those whose fancies roam, 
• 0«. wing up and blossoming beneath a wall .flower 
