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Rh From Shakespeare and Fletcher's The Two Noble Kinsmen.

, their sharp spines being gone,

Not royal in their smells alone,

But in their hue;

Maiden pinks, of odour faint,

Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint.

And sweet thyme true;

Primrose, firstborn child of Ver;

Merry springtime's harbinger,

With her bells dim;

Oxlips in their cradles growing,

Marigolds on deathbeds blowing,

Larks'-heels trim.

All dear Nature's children sweet,

Lie 'fore bride and bridegroom's feet,

Blessing their sense!

Not an angel of the air,

Bird melodious, or bird fair,

Be absent hence!