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Poems (Charlotte Allen)/To a Lady with a Bouquet

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by Charlotte Allen
To a Lady with a Bouquet
4665376Poems — To a Lady with a BouquetCharlotte Allen

TO A LADY, WITH A BOUQUET.
To you these little flowers I send,As they your favorites are;Accept them from your humble friend,They her best wishes bear.
I culled them ere the morning SunHad kissed the dew away;But fear before the day is done,Their beauty will decay.
Though frail their birth, do not refuseThe offering which I bring,Or the efforts of my erring muse,On fancy's airy wing.
And if sometimes a thought of meShould o'er thy senses steal,Oh may these flowers be to theeFond memory's brightest seal.