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...courtly quean, Whom, therefore, I will shun ; The cowslip is a country wench ; The violet is a nun ; But I will woo the dainty rose, The queen of every one....too much haste to wed, And clasps her rings on every band : The wolf's-bane I should dread : Nor will 1 dreary rosemarye That always mourns the dead ; But...

...quean, Whom, therefore, I will shun ; The cowslip is a country wench, The violet is a nun ; — But I will woo the dainty rose, The queen of every one....haste to wed, And clasps her rings on every hand ; The Avolfsbanc I should dread ; — Nor will I dreary roscmarye, That always mourns the dead ; — But...

...courtly quean, Whom therefore 1 will shun ; The cowslip is a country wench, The violet is a nun ; — But I will woo the dainty rose, The queen of every one." * The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy. Thus Moore uses it : — " The heart that has truly loved...

...quean, Whom, therefore, I will shun ; The cowslip is a country wench, The violet is a nun ; — But I will woo the dainty rose, The queen of every one....haste to wed, And clasps her rings on every hand ; The wolisbane I should dread ; — Nor will I dreary rosemarye, That always mourns the dead ; — But I...

...quean, Whom, therefore, I will shun ; The cowslip is a country wench, The violet is a nun ; — But I will woo the dainty rose, The queen of every one....will I dreary rosemarye, That always mourns the dead ; — Bat I will woo the dainty rose, With her cheeks of tender red. The lily is all in white, like...

...THINGS THROW STERNEST SHADE, FLOWERS. 197 The cowslip is a country wench ; The violet is a nun ; — But I will woo the dainty rose, The queen of every one....woo the dainty rose, With her cheeks of tender red. * "Rosemary — that's for remembrance." — Skakespcare, E'EN HAPPINESS MAKES THE HEART AFRAID." —...

...But I will woo the dainty rose."; The cowslip is a. country wench ; The violet is a. nun ; — But I will woo the dainty rose, The queen of every one....woo the dainty rose, With her cheeks of tender red. * "Rosemary — that's for remembrance." — Shakespeare, a o o n T OSOMS HAVE BEEN TORN 198 • THOMAS...

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