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Lilies are both pure and fair, / Growing 'midst the roses there- / Roses, too, both red and pink, / Are quite beautiful, I think.
But of all bright blossoms-best- / Purest-fairest-loveliest,- / Could there be a sweeter thing / Than a primrose, blossoming?