FLOWER-PAINTINGS. 
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Om aus At times in some old gallery, 
ae V Hung amid armed men of old, 
on ‘And antique ladies, quaint and cold ; 
"Mong furious battle-pieces, dire 
With agony, and blood, and fire ;— 
Flower-pictures, painted long ago, 
Though worn, and old, and dimmed of glow, 
I love them, although art may deem 
Such pictures but of light esteem. 
There are the red rose and the white; 
And stems of lilies, strong and bright ; 
