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TO A PRIMROSE by EDNA S. CODDINGTON

First Line: PRIM LITTLE PRIMROSE
Last Line: BY THEE ON THE SILL.
Subject(s): FLOWERS; PRIMROSES;
Prim little primrose,
Dainty and still
Crowned with glory
There on the sill.

Outside, winter white,
Within this room
Brave clusters scatter
All thoughts of gloom.

Fragile pink primrose,
Thy modest flowers
Bring peace and cheer
Through the long hours.

Sweet timid primrose,
How can it be;
Out of earth's bosom
Camest thou—to me?

Prim little primrose,
Blooming until
My life is purified
By thee on the sill.



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