18. The Winter Flower
A Birthday Offering
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(For Music.) |
BLOOM, beloved Flower!— |
Unknown;—'tis no matter. |
Courts glitter brief hour, |
Crowds can but flatter. |
Plants in the garden |
See best the Sun's glory; |
They miss the green sward in |
A conservatory. |
—PRIZED WHERE'ER KNOWN.— |
Sure this is a blessing, |
Outrings the loud tone |
Of the dull world's caressing. |
Oxford.
December 30, 1830. |
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