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 Literary Gazette, 18th March, 1820, Page 190

ORIGINAL POETRY.

[By Correspondents.]

THE MICHAELMAS DAISY. Last smile of the departing year, Thy sister sweets are flown; Thy pensive wreath is far more dear, From blooming thus alone.

Thy tender blush, thy simple frame, Unnoticed might have past; But now thou contest with softer claim, The loveliest and the last.

Sweet are the charms in thee we find, Emblem of hope's gay wing; ‘Tis thine to call past bloom to mind, To promise future spring. L.