THE CROCUS._The Every-day Book and Table Book, v. 1 (of 3) or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac

Dainty young thing

Of life!--Thou vent’rous flower,

Who growest through the hard, cold bower

Of wintry Spring:--

Thou various-hued,

Soft, voiceless bell, whose spire

Rocks in the grassy leaves like wire

In solitude:--

Like Patience, thou

Art quiet in thy earth.

Instructing Hope that Virtue’s birth

Is Feeling’s vow.

Thy fancied bride!

The delicate Snowdrop, keeps

Her home with thee; she wakes and sleeps

Near thy true side.

Will Man but hear!

A simple flower can tell

What beauties in his mind, should dwell

Through Passion’s sphere.

_J. R. Prior._

The Every-day Book and Table Book, v. 1 (of 3) or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac · 第 66 / 982 题