The Works of J. W. von Goethe/Volume 9/Flower-Salute

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FLOWER-SALUTE.

This nosegay,—'twas I dressed it,—
Greets thee a thousand times!
Oft stooped I, and caressed it,
Ah! full a thousand times,
And 'gainst my bosom pressed it,
A hundred thousand times!