Black-eyed Susan oh so tall –
with hair so golden dances to the sun.
Ruddy-cheeked Poppy would have gladly danced
tall in the fields to the harvest moon,
but when half the seed of Europe died,
she could only weep and bow her head.
Marigold dressed in her golden ruff,
can only manage a slow pavane,
but sinuous Lily swoops and sways,
in flowing robes of white and pink.
Gentle Daisy with her sisters,
blithely steps her country dance,
and bold Viola's three-coloured dress
swirls as she waltzes to her heart's ease.
While Iris, slender, tall and proud,
struts a quadrille with sisters three,
Heather cavorts in the wild, wide moors.
But English Rose, the belle of the ball,
in red, white or yellow outshines them all.
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