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It was my pleasure and my pride;— How I did watch its growth! For health and bloom, what plans I tried, And often injured both!

I placed it in the summer shower, I placed it in the sun; And ever, at the evening hour, My work seemed half undone.

The broad leaves spread, the small buds grew, How slow they seemed to be! At last there came a tinge of blue,— 'Twas worth the world to me!

At length the perfume filled the room, Shed from their purple wreath;