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FLOWER COMPARISONS. 
Loving, thoughtful, wise, and kind, 
Pure in heart and strong in mind? 
Eyes deep-blue as is the sky 
When the full moon sails on high; 
Eye-brow true and forehead fair, 
And dark, richly-braided hair, 
And a queenly head well set, 
Crown my maiden Margaret. 
Where’s the flower that thou canst find 
Match for her in form and mind? 
Fair white lilies, having birth 
In their native genial earth ;— 
These, in scent and queenly grace, 
Match thy maiden’s form and face! 
Now for madcap Isabel — 
What shall suit her, pr’ythee tell? 
Isabel is brown and wild; 
Will be evermore a child; 
Is all laughter, all -vagary, 
Has the spirit of a fairy. 
Are you grave ?—The gipsy sly 
Turns on you her merry eye, 
