To Margaret W------

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Margaret, in happy hour
Christen'd from that humble flower
 Which we a daisy call!
May thy pretty name-sake be
In all things a type of thee,
 And image thee in all.

Like it you show a modest face,
An unpretending native grace;—
 The tulip, and the pink,
The china and the damask rose,
And every flaunting flower that blows,
 In the comparing shrink.

Of lowly fields you think no scorn;
Yet gayest gardens would adorn,
 And grace, wherever set.
Home-seated in your lonely bower,
Or wedded—a transplanted flower—
 I bless you, Margaret!

© Charles Lamb