When Cecilia was four, five, six, –
told Cecilia, –
she made herself busy giving balls.
Wall-flowers were for wall-flowers,
lady’s slippers – for ladies’ slippers,
gladioli – for their dresses,
goldenlocks – for their tresses,
foxgloves – for petticoats,
clove pinks – for flounces,
ox-eyes – for hats,
love-in-a-mist – for veils,
love-in-idleness – for black-eyed-Susans.
(She tried pansies for thoughts,
but to no avail.)
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