Oscar Wilde on Flowers
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“Chrysanthemums from gilded argosy Unload their gaudy scentless merchandise.”
“But when they had unloosed the linen band, Which swathed the Egyptian's body, lo! was found, Closed in the wasted hollow of her hand, A little seed, which, sown in English ground, Did wondrous snow of starry blossoms bear, And spread rich odours through our springtide air.”