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A primrose by a river's brim / _Primula vulgaris_ was to him, / And it was nothing more; / A pansy, delicately reared, / _Viola tricolor_ appeared / In true botanic lore.
That which a pink the layman deems / _Dianthus caryophyllus_ seems / To any flower-fan; or / A sunflower, in that talk of his, / _Annuus helianthus_ is, / And it is nothing more.