If I were stinted in my general choice,
I’d crop the lily, tender, fresh, and white,—
The shrinking pretty lily—and would give
Its modest contrast to the gaudier rose.
What next? some flower that does not love the day—
The dark, full-scented night-stock well might serve
To join the other two.
Firmilian.
A sweet selection!
Think’st thou they’d bloom together on one breast