Birds and flowers, or, Lays and lyrics of rural life (1873)
Howitt, Mary Botham, 1799-1888, Giacomelli, Hector, 1822-1904 · London ; New York : T. Nelson and Sons · leaf 76
Ah, theres the lily, marble pale,1/ The bonny broom, the cistus frail;The rich sweet-pear, the iris blue,The larkspur with its peacock hue ;—Each one is fair, yet hold I willThat the Rose of Ma} is fairer still. Tis giand neath palace walls to grow.To blaze where lords and ladies go;To hang oer…
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