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HOW THE WALLFLOWER CAME FIRST AND WHY SO CALLED by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: WHY THIS FLOWER IS NOW CALLED SO
Last Line: NOW, THE FLOWER OF THE WALL.
Subject(s): FLOWERS;
Why this Flower is now call'd so,
List' sweet maids, and you shal know.
Understand, this First-ling was
Once a brisk and bonny Lasse,
Kept as close as Danae was:
Who a sprightly Springall lov'd,
And to have it fully prov'd,
Up she got upon a wall,
Tempting down to slide withall:
But the silken twist unty'd,
So she fell, and bruis'd, she dy'd.
Love, in pity of the deed,
And her loving-lucklesse speed,
Turn'd her to this Plant, we call
Now, The Flower of the Wall.



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