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RHODOCLEA'S GARLAND by DAVID MACBETH MOIR

First Line: THIS GARLAND OF FAIR FLOWERS, BY ME
Last Line: RHODOCLEA!
Subject(s): COURTSHIP; FLOWERS; GARDENS & GARDENING; LOVE;

I.

THIS garland of fair flowers, by me
Fondly wreathed, I send to thee,
Rhodoclea!
Lily, and love-cup are there,
Anemone with dewy hair,
Freshest violets dark-blue,
And the moist narcissus too,
Rhodoclea!

II.

Being crown'd with these, aside
Cast all vain, unmeaning pride,
Rhodoclea!
Cast vainglorious pride away;
Alike the pageants of a day,
Thou dost cease, and so do they,
Rhodoclea!



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