The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/Divination by a Daffodil

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Robert Herrick (1591-1674)2651798The Hesperides & Noble NumbersHesperides
Divination by a Daffodil
1898Alfred Pollard

107. DIVINATION BY A DAFFODIL.

When a daffodil I see,
Hanging down his head towards me,
Guess I may what I must be:
First, I shall decline my head;
Secondly, I shall be dead;
Lastly, safely buried.