The Tuesday Platform

DAHLIA.

Symbolism: Elegance and Dignity.

I loved thee for thy high-born grace,

Thy deep and lustrous eye;

For the sweet meaning of thy brow,

And for thy bearing high.

I loved thee for thy stainless truth,

thy thirst for higher things;

For all that to our common lot

A better temper brings.

And are they not all thine—still thine?

Is not thy heart as true?

Holds not thy step its noble grace?

Thy cheek its dainty hue? –

And have I not an ear to hear?

And a cloudless eye to see?

And a thirst for beautiful human thought,

That first was stirred by thee?

            WILLIS.

Poem from The Bouquet: Containing the Poetry and Language of Flowers, 1844. Photos (c) Marian Kent.

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