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RHODOCLEA'S GARLAND, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: This garland of fair flowers, by me
Last Line: Rhodoclea!
Alternate Author Name(s): Delta
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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