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LINES.

Here be the free gifts of the morning for thee;

Dog-roses, with their thorns all strung with pearls,

And a large round diamond in each rosy cup:

Their leaves are the colour of Aurora's cheeks.

Here is a pale white flower, without a name,

At least to me, who am a stranger here:

It has a delicate almond smell, and grew