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 Thick on the woodland floor
 Gay company shall be,
  Primrose and Hyacinth
   And frail read more 
 Thick on the woodland floor
 Gay company shall be,
  Primrose and Hyacinth
   And frail Anemone,
    Perennial Strawberry-bloom,
     Woodsorrel's pencilled veil,
      Dishevel'd Willow-weed
       And Orchis purple and pale. 
 Flowers are Love's truest language; they betray,
 Like the divining rods of Magi old,
  Where precious wealth read more 
 Flowers are Love's truest language; they betray,
 Like the divining rods of Magi old,
  Where precious wealth lies buried, not of gold,
   But love--strong love, that never can decay! 
A wedding is just like a funeral except that you get to smell your own flowers.
A wedding is just like a funeral except that you get to smell your own flowers.
 They know the time to go!
 The fairy clocks strike their inaudible hour
  In field and woodland, read more 
 They know the time to go!
 The fairy clocks strike their inaudible hour
  In field and woodland, and each punctual flower
   Bows at the signal an obedient head
    And hastens to bed. 
 Sweet letters of the angel tongue,
 I've loved ye long and well,
  And never have failed in read more 
 Sweet letters of the angel tongue,
 I've loved ye long and well,
  And never have failed in your fragrance sweet
   To find some secret spell,--
    A charm that has bound me with witching power,
     For mine is the old belief,
      That midst your sweets and midst your bloom,
       There's a soul in every leaf! 
A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance.
A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance.
 The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn,
 And violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.  
 The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn,
 And violets bathe in the wet o' the morn. 
Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.
Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.
Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume read more
Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.