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THE DAISY IN 

BY JAMES MONTGOMERY. 
THRICE welcome, little English flower ! 
Thy mother country’s white and red, 
In rose or lily, till this hour 
Never to me such beauty spread: 
Transplanted from thy island bed, 
A treasure in a grain of earth, 
Strange as a spirit from the dead 
Thy embryo sprang to birth. 
Thrice welcome, little English flower. 
Whose tribes beneath our native skies 
Shut close their leaves while vapours lower, 
But when the sun’s gay beams arise, 
With unabash’d but modest eyes, 
Follow his motion to the west, 
Nor cease to gaze till daylight dies, 
Then fold themselves to rest. 



elcome, little English flower. 
‘esplendent hemisphere, 
lora’s giant offspring tower 
sous liveries all the year; 
hou, art little here, 
friendsd and unknown, 


