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And daisy-stars, whose firmament is green.
And daisy-stars, whose firmament is green.
Yun daisyd mantels ys the mountayne dyghte.
Yun daisyd mantels ys the mountayne dyghte.
 Stoop where thou wilt, thy careless hand
 Some random bud will meet;
  Thou canst not tread, but read more 
 Stoop where thou wilt, thy careless hand
 Some random bud will meet;
  Thou canst not tread, but thou wilt find
   The daisy at thy feet. 
 Daisies infinite
 Uplift in praise their little growing hands,
  O'er every hill that under heaven expands.  
 Daisies infinite
 Uplift in praise their little growing hands,
  O'er every hill that under heaven expands. 
 Spake full well, in language quaint and olden,
 One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine,
  When he read more 
 Spake full well, in language quaint and olden,
 One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine,
  When he call'd the flowers, so blue and golden,
   Stars that on earth's firmament do shine. 
 That of all the floures in the mede,
 Thanne love I most these floures white and rede,
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 That of all the floures in the mede,
 Thanne love I most these floures white and rede,
  Suche as men callen daysyes in her toune. 
 The Rose has but a Summer reign,
 The daisy never dies.  
 The Rose has but a Summer reign,
 The daisy never dies. 
 And a breastplate made of daisies,
 Closely fitting, leaf on leaf,
  Periwinkles interlaced
   Drawn read more 
 And a breastplate made of daisies,
 Closely fitting, leaf on leaf,
  Periwinkles interlaced
   Drawn for belt about the waist;
    While the brown bees, humming praises,
     Shot their arrows round the chief.