I blossom in the shade;
Emblem of purity and truth,
Though of two falsehoods made.
The egotist my FIRST employs
To consummate his bliss,
The school-boy finds it in a noise,
The lover in a kiss.
When on the field, in dread array,
I blossom in the shade;
Emblem of purity and truth,
Though of two falsehoods made.
The egotist my FIRST employs
To consummate his bliss,
The school-boy finds it in a noise,
The lover in a kiss.
When on the field, in dread array,