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A wild Pink nestled in a garden bed, / A rich Carnation flourished high above her, / One day he chanced to see her pretty head / And leaned and looked again, and grew to love her.
The Moss (her humble mother) saw with fear / The ardent glances of the princely stranger; / With many an anxious thought and dewy tear / She sought to hide her darling from this danger.