We should not mind so small a flower－1
Except it quiet bring
Our little garden that we lost
Back to the Lawn again.
So spicy her Carnations nod－5
So drunken, reel her Bees－
So silver steal a hundred flutes
From out a hundred trees－
That whoso sees this little flower 9
By faith may clear behold
The Bobolinks around the throne
And Dandelions gold.
Except it quiet bring
Our little garden that we lost
Back to the Lawn again.
So spicy her Carnations nod－5
So drunken, reel her Bees－
So silver steal a hundred flutes
From out a hundred trees－
That whoso sees this little flower 9
By faith may clear behold
The Bobolinks around the throne
And Dandelions gold.
(F.82/J.81)
[1] small a flower:: Campanula, a little bell in Latin.
[2] quiet bring:: it can grow fast without much tending.
[5] Carnations:: some species of bellflower having rosy color.
[6] drunken:: its nodding flower as drunken.
[7] silver:: alluding to its name, bellflower.
[9] little flower:: a hint on "a little bell" flower.
Bell-Flower. Campanula, a little bell. . . . This species, as well as a white variety, which is not uncommon, is desirable, from its unobtrusive growth, its habit of free flowering, and the little care demanded in its cultivation. ─ Magazine of botany and gardening (1833)
Campanula Nobilis－Noble Bell-Flower. . . . producing several fine nodding flowers, perhaps the largest yet seen among the genus Campanula. . . . The corolla is light purple on the outside, but paler within, being almost flesh colour, abundantly spotted on both sides with bright rosy purple. ─ The Floricultural Cabinet (1847)