Arthur Davison Ficke.<\/a><\/p>\nThe following selections are from Banks’ book Quiet Music, <\/em>which was published in 1892:<\/p>\nMay<\/em><\/p>\nWe heard not a sound of their marshaling feet, <\/em><\/p>\nSaw never the gleam of a spear,<\/em><\/p>\nTill their tents stood saucily fronting each street,<\/em><\/p>\nAnd the army of blossoms is here.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"Flourish\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Flourish.jpg?resize=64%2C46&ssl=1\")
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\u00a0<\/em>
\nThe Pansy<\/em><\/p>\nThree flowers in my garden grew;<\/em>
\n A lily, pansy, and a rose.<\/em>
\n I questioned Psyche: \u201cTell me true,<\/em>
\n Which is most beautiful of those?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nThe lily, hearing, reared its head.<\/em>
\n \u201cBehold the charm of grace,\u201d it cried.<\/em>
\n \u201cVoluptuous beauty here is bred,\u201d<\/em>
\n The blushing rose as quick replied.<\/em><\/p>\nThe pansy, drooping on its stem,<\/em>
\n Concealed its face with modest start.<\/em>
\n \u201cAlas!\u201d I said, \u201cpride ruins them\u201d—<\/em>
\n I wear the pansy in my heart.<\/em><\/p>\n\u00a0A happy spring to all!<\/p>\n
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