THE MICHAELMAS DAISY.
"Dear little Autumn flower, with purple clad,
Dost thou thus weep the death of Summer fair?
Funereal, truly, is thy colour sad,
And ever serves as symbol of despair!"
"Ah, no! dear friend, remember yet one thing—
That purple, too, is Majesty’s display;
And ’t is the pleasure of our Winter king,
That I present myself in meet array!"
Tradukis Ben Elmy.