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LINESWRITTEN IN A FLOWER GARDEN.
That gaudy Tulip is an emblem true
Of those fair, fluttering, end courtly dames,
Who, thinking only of the casket's show,
Forget the precious jewel it contains,
Of those fair, fluttering, end courtly dames,
Who, thinking only of the casket's show,
Forget the precious jewel it contains,
That modest Violet is the type of one
Of real honest worth and low degree,
Who seeks not here a transient earthly throne,
But uses life to gain eternity.
Of real honest worth and low degree,
Who seeks not here a transient earthly throne,
But uses life to gain eternity.
