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First.
Mantling the ruined wall
With my green, yielding pall;
You know me well.
Covering the river’s brink,
’Neath your soft tread I sink.
My name pray tell.
Second.
Fairest of earthly flowers,
Queen of your garden bowers,
Flora’s delight,
Twined o’er the cottage door,
My showers of incense pour
On the still nights.
Whole.
See, when the blushing bride
Casts her rich vail aside,
I’m nestled there,
Near some soft, waving tress,
Or on her bridal dress,
Shining so fair.
Oft on the mourner’s tomb
Drooping and sad I bloom,
Token of love
Left by the orphaned child,
Calling in accents wild
For those above.
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My first is a short sleep. My second is a relation. My whole is an article in daily use.