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VOICE OF FLOWERS.
So where within my garden plat,
I sow the choicest seed,
Amid my favorite shrubs I placed
The plant from Runnimede.
And know not why it may not draw
Sweet nutriment, the same
As when within that noble clime
From whence our fathers came.
Here's liberty enough for all,
If they but use it well,
And Magna Charta's spirit lives
In even the lowliest cell,
And the simplest daisy may unfold
From scorn and danger freed,
So make yourself at home, my friend,
My flower from Runnimede.
