A LITTLE GIRL TO HER FLOWERS. IN VERSE.

ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS.

London:

PRINTED FOR HARVEY AND DARTON, GRACECHURCH STREET. 1828.

Price 1s. 6d. coloured.

DAISY.

This little Daisy we all love, Because it seems to say, “I’m come to tell good girls and boys, That Winter’s gone away.”

SNOWDROP.

There is another flower, too, I dearly love to see; The little Snowdrop, peeping through The frozen ground at me.

PRIMROSE.

This is a pretty Primrose, In shady lanes it grows; And early in the pleasant spring, In gardens too it blows.

DAFFODIL.

Here is a formal Daffodil, Though common, yet a favourite still; It seems such joyous news to bring, As harbinger of pleasant Spring.

MAY-BLOSSOM.

Oh, beauteous, little May-blossom, I am rejoiced that you are come, To smile upon us once again, After the winter’s snow and rain.

VIOLET.

How I do love the Violet! Of all the flow’rs it is my pet; How snug it hides its little head In the green leaves of its low bed.

LILY OF THE VALLEY.

Lowly Lily of the Vale, To me you tell a useful tale: You say, “Be pretty as you will, Yet modesty is lovelier still.—

FORGET-ME-NOT.

“Forget me not:” no, lovely flow’r, I’ll think on thee for many an hour: If I could paint, I’d copy thee; Then thou wouldst long remember’d be.

TULIP.

The Tulip, with its varied hues Of crimson, brown, and rich dark blues, (Tho’ scentless,) splendid you appear, When thickly set in rich parterre.