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festival held on the banks of the Severn in 
remembrance of the water-nymph Sabrina, 
who was drowned in that river ; the mourn- 
ing peasants casting garlands of daffodils and 
other flowers into the stream, in memory of 
her change from a mortal princess to a god- 
dess of the river. 
A melancholy, and yet somewhat ludicrous 
legend belongs to the Wall-flower ; that 
“ Flower of the solitary place ! 
Grey ruins’ golden crown ! 
That lends a melancholy grace 
To haunts of old renown.” 
We will let Herrick, the best of our old lyric 
poets, tell the story for us :— 
‘* Why this flower is now called so, 
List, sweet maids, and you shall know. 
Understand this firstling was 
Once a brisk and bonny lass, 
Kept as close as Danaé was, 
Who a sprightly springald loved ; 
And to have it fully proved, 
Up she got upon a wall, 
’*Tempting down to slide withal ; 
But the silken twist untied, 
So she fell, and, bruised, she died. 

