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I love the fair lilies and roses so gay,
They are rich in their pride and their splendor;
But still more do I love to wander away
To the meadow so sweet,
Where down at my feet,
The harebell blooms modest and tender.
--
Queen Harebell; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 353.

 

Dora Read Goodale

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