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VOICE OF FLOWERS.
KING FROST, AND THE GARDEN BEAUTIES.
The Dahlia call'd to the Mignionette,
And what do you think she said?
"King Frost has been seen in the vale below,"
And she trembled and shook with dread.
"King Frost has been seen in the vale below,
A marshalling forth his train—
Captain Gladiolus told me so,
And brandish'd his sword in vain."
Then the Snow-Berry knock'd at the Woodbine's bower,
Affrighted, and out of breath:
"Pray, give me a draught of water," said she;
"I am growing as pale as death."
"Ah me!" the gay Carnation cried,
"The Rose, on her dying day,
Bade me prepare for this solemn hour,
But I've trifled my time away."
