


00 THE POETRY OF FLOWERS. 
ARRANGEMENTS OF A BOUQUET, 
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BY NICHOLAS DRAYTON. 
Here damask roses, white and red, 
Out of ae lap first take I, 
Which still shall run ee the thread 
My chiefest flower this make I. 
Amongst these reses in a row, 
Next pice Tp pinks in plenty, 
These = - oe sies then for show, 
And will not this be damty ? 
The pretty pansy then I’ll tie 
Like stones some chain inchasing 3 
And next to them, their near ally, 
The purple violet placing. 
The curious choice clove July flower, 
Whose kind hight the carnation, 
For sweetness of most sovereign power, 
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