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diff --git a/24485.txt b/24485.txt deleted file mode 100644 index bfb0897..0000000 --- a/24485.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,700 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden, by -Walter Crane - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: A Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden - -Author: Walter Crane - -Release Date: February 2, 2008 [EBook #24485] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FLORAL FANTASY OLD ENGLISH GARDEN *** - - - - -Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at -https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images -generously made available by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - - - - -A FLORAL FANTASY IN AN OLD ENGLISH GARDEN - -BY WALTER CRANE - -NEW YORK & LONDON HARPER AND BROTHERS - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - - - -A FLORAL FANTASY IN AN OLD ENGLISH GARDEN - -[Illustration] - - - SET FORTH IN - VERSES & COLOURED - DESIGNS - BY - WALTER CRANE - - LONDON: AT THE - HOUSE OF HARPER - AND BROTHERS: - 1899 - -[Illustration] - - - - -THE OLD ENGLISH GARDEN - -A FLORAL PHANTASY - - - - -[Illustration] - - In an old world garden dreaming, - Where the flowers had human names, - Methought, in fantastic seeming, - They disported as squires and dames. - -[Illustration] - - Of old in Rosamond's Bower, - With it's peacock hedges of yew, - One could never find the flower - Unless one was given the clue; - So take the key of the wicket, - Who would follow my fancy free, - By formal knot and clipt thicket, - And smooth greensward so fair to see - -[Illustration] - - And while Time his scythe is whetting, - Ere the dew from the grass has gone, - -[Illustration] - - The Four Seasons' flight forgetting, - As they dance round the dial stone; - -[Illustration] - - With a leaf from an old English book, - A Jonquil will serve for a pen. - -[Illustration] - - Let us note from the green arbour's nook, - Flowers masking like women and men. - -[Illustration] - - FIRST in VENUS'S LOOKING GLASS, - You may see where LOVE LIES BLEEDING, - -[Illustration] - - While PRETTY MAIDS all of them pass - With careless hearts quite unheeding. - -[Illustration] - - Next, a knight with his flaming targe - See the DENT-DE-LION so bold - With his feathery crest at large, - On a field of the cloth of gold. - -[Illustration] - - Simple honesty shows in vain - A fashion few seek to robe in, - While the poor SHEPHERD'S-PURSE is ta'en - By rascally RAGGED-ROBIN. - -[Illustration] - - COLTSFOOT - and - LARKSPUR - - SPEEDWELL - -[Illustration] - - In the race of the flowers that's run due, - -[Illustration] - - As the HARTSTONGUE pants at the well - -[Illustration] - - And the HOUNDSTONGUE laps the SUNDEW. - -[Illustration] - - Here's VENUS'-COMBE for MAIDENHAIR: - While KING-CUPS drink BELLA-DONNA, - -[Illustration] - - Glad in purple and gold so fair, - Though the DEADLY NIGHTSHADE'S upon her. - -[Illustration] - - Behold LONDON PRIDE robed & crowned, - Ushered in by the GOLDEN ROD, - While a floral crowd press around, - Just to win from her crest a nod. - -[Illustration] - - The FOXGLOVES are already on. - Not only in pairs but dozens; - They've come out to see all the fun, - With sisters and aunts and cousins. - -[Illustration] - - The STITCHWORK looked up with a sigh - At BATCHELOR'S BUTTONS unsewn: - -[Illustration] - - Single Daisies were not in her eye, - For the grass was just newly mown. - -[Illustration] - - The HORSE-TAIL, 'scaped from WOLFE'S CLAW, - Rides off with a LADIES' LAGES. - -[Illustration] - - The FRIAR'S-COWL hides a doctor of law, - And the BISHOP'S-WEED covers his grace's - -[Illustration] - - The SNAPDRAGON opened his jaw, - But, at sight of Scotch THISTLE, turned pale: - -[Illustration] - - He'd too many points of the law - For a dragon without a scale. - -[Illustration] - - Little JENNY-CREEPER lay low, - Till happy thoughts made her gladder; - How to rise in the world she'd know, - So she climbed up JACOB'S LADDER - -[Illustration] - - SWEET WILLIAM with MARYGOLD - Seek HEARTSEASE in the close box-border. - Where, starched in their ruff's stiff fold, - DUTCH DAHLIAS prim, keep order. - -[Illustration] - - NARCISSUS bends over the brook, - Intent upon DAFFA-DOWN-DILLY: - -[Illustration] - - While EYEBRIGHT observes from her nook, - And wonders he could be so silly. - -[Illustration] - - A LANCE FOR A LAD 'gainst KING'S SPEAR. - When the BUGLE sounds for the play - -[Illustration] - - A LADIES MANTLE flaunting there - Is the banner that leads the fray. - -[Illustration] - - KNIGHT'S SPUR to the LADIES BOWER - To seek for the LADIES SLIPPER. - -[Illustration] - - 'Twas lost in the wood in a summer shower - When the CLOWN'S WORT tried to trip her. - -[Illustration] - - TOAD-FLAX is spun for BUTTER-AND-EGGS - -[Illustration] - - On a LADIES' CUSHION sits THRIFT - She never wastes, or steals, or begs, - But she can't give poor RAGWORT a lift. - -[Illustration] - - QUEEN OF THE MEADS is MEADOWSWEET, - In the realm of grasses wide: - -[Illustration] - - But not in all her court you meet - The turbaned TURK'S HEAD in his pride. - -[Illustration] - - Fair BETHLEHEM' STAR shineth bright, - In a lowly place, as of old, - -[Illustration] - - And through the green gloom glows the light - Of ST. JOHN'S-WORT--a nimbus of gold. - -[Illustration] - - But the hours of the sun swift glide, - And the flowers with them are speeding. - -[Illustration] - - Though LOVE-IN-A-MIST may hide. - When Time's in the garden weeding. - -[Illustration] - - There's TRAVELLER'S JOY - To entwine, - At our journey's end for greeting, - -[Illustration] - - We can talk over SOPS-IN-WINE, - And drink to our next merry meeting. - -[Illustration] - - PRINTED - BY - EDMUND - EVANS - - BOUND - BY - LEIGHTON - SON & - HODGE - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration: A FLORAL FANTASY] - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of A Floral Fantasy in an Old English -Garden, by Walter Crane - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FLORAL FANTASY OLD ENGLISH GARDEN *** - -***** This file should be named 24485.txt or 24485.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - https://www.gutenberg.org/2/4/4/8/24485/ - -Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at -https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images -generously made available by The Internet Archive) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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