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A GARLAND FOR HELIODORA by MELEAGER

First Line: I'LL FRAME, MY HELIODORA! A GARLAND FOR THY HAIR
Last Line: QUEEN OF THEM ALL, THE RED RED ROSE, THE FLOWER WHICH LOVERS LOVE.
Subject(s): BEAUTY; FLOWERS; LOVE; ROSES;
I'LL frame, my Heliodora! a garland for thy hair,
Which thou, in all thy beauty's pride, mayst not disdain to wear;
For I with tender myrtles white violets will twine,
White violets, but not so pure as that pure breast of thine;
With laughing lilies I will twine narcissus, and the sweet
Crocus shall, in its yellow hue, with purple hyacinth meet.
And I will twine with all the rest, and all the rest above,
Queen of them all, the red red rose, the flower which lovers love.



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