



Produced by Emmy, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was
produced from images generously made available by The
Internet Archive)












A FLOWER WEDDING

    DESCRIBED·BY
    TWO WALLFLOWERS

    DECORATED·BY
    WALTER·CRANE

    CASSELL·&·COMPANY·1905

[Illustration]




A·FLOWER·WEDDING


    Yes, flower bells rang right merry that day,
    When there was a marriage of flowers, they say.

[Illustration]


    Young LAD’S LOVE had courted Miss Meadow·Sweet,
    And the two soon agreed at the Altar to meet.

[Illustration]


    A LILY white robe was worn by the Bride,
    And SWEET WILLIAM, the Groom, drest in red, at her side.

[Illustration]

    Miss VIOLET, PRIMROSE, and gay MARYGOLD,
    With their LADIES’ FINGERS her train did uphold.

[Illustration]

    In LADYSMOCKS, Bridesmaids, FORGET·ME·NOT blue,
    With their sashes all tied in LOVE·KNOT·TRUE.

[Illustration]

    The Bride’s Mother follows with loving EYEBRIGHT,
    All in WINTER GREEN and fine FURZE bedight.

[Illustration]


    Whilst her father looked young, though with OLD·MAN’S·BEARD.

[Illustration]

    (Was a DANDE·LION in youth I have heard.)

[Illustration]


    The troth was plighted for woe or for weal,
    And the lines attested by SOLOMON’S SEAL:

[Illustration]

    The BACHELOR’S BUTTON was cast aside,

[Illustration]

    And the throng that witnessed was LONDON’S PRIDE:

[Illustration]

    There was GOOD KING HENRY, a tall JONQUIL,

[Illustration]

    Like NARCISSUS himself by the waters still;

[Illustration]

    There were LORDS & LADIES to grace the dance,

[Illustration]

    And ROSE MARY, and—

[Illustration]

                        ROSE