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"Thick on the woodland floor Gay company shall be, Primrose and Hyacinth And frail Anemone, Perennial Strawberry-bloom, Woodsorrels pencilled veil, Disheveld Willow-weed And Orchis purple and pale."
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Flowers"The Primrose for a veil had spread The largest of her upright leaves; And thus for purposes benign, A simple flower deceives."
Flowers, also known as blossoms and blooms, are the reproductive structures of flowering plants. Typically, they are structured in four circular levels around the end of a stalk. These include: sepals, which are modified leaves that support the flower; petals, often designed to attract pollinators; male stamens, where pollen is presented; and female gynoecia, where pollen is received and its movem
"Thick on the woodland floor Gay company shall be, Primrose and Hyacinth And frail Anemone, Perennial Strawberry-bloom, Woodsorrels pencilled veil, Disheveld Willow-weed And Orchis purple and pale."
"Who that has loved knows not the tender tale Which flowers reveal, when lips are coy to tell?"
"I know not which I love the most, Nor which the comeliest shows, The timid, bashful violet Or the royal-hearted rose: The pansy in her purple dress, The pink with cheek of red, Or the faint, fair heliotrope, who hangs, Like a bashful maid her head."
"Up from the gardens floated the perfume Of roses and myrtle, in their perfect bloom."
"They speak of hope to the fainting heart, With a voice of promise they come and part, They sleep in dust through the wintry hours, They break forth in glory, bring flowers, bright flowers!"
"The daisy, primrose, violet darkly blue; And polyanthus of unnumbered dyes."