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 18. The Winter Flower  A Birthday Offering

   ( For Music. )  BLOOM, beloved Flower! Unknown; 'tis no matter. Courts glitter brief hour, Crowds can but flatter.  Plants in the garden See best the Sun's glory; They miss the green sward in A conservatory.  PRIZED WHERE'ER KNOWN. Sure this is a blessing, Outrings the loud tone Of the dull world's caressing.  Oxford .  December 30, 1830.