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Title: A Flower Wedding

Author: Walter Crane

Release date: November 28, 2016 [eBook #53619]

Language: English

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A FLOWER WEDDING

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bird carrying two invitations

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title page
A
FLOWER
WEDDING
DESCRIBED·BY
TWO WALLFLOWERS

DECORATED·BY
WALTER·CRANE

CASSELL·&·COMPANY·1905

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A·FLOWER·WEDDING
cherubs rining bluebells
Yes, flower bells rang right merry that day,
When there was a marriage of flowers, they say.

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

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

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her train and three attendants
Miss Violet, Primrose, and gay Marygold,
With their Ladies’ Fingers her train did uphold.

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Four brridesmaids in blue
In Ladysmocks, Bridesmaids, Forget·me·not blue,
With their sashes all tied in Love·knot·true.

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the brides's motehr and friend
The Bride’s Mother follows with loving Eyebright,
All in Winter Green and fine Furze bedight.

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the father with a beard
Whilst her father looked young, though with Old·man’s·beard.

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the father as a dandy
(Was a Dande·lion in youth I have heard.)

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The minister
The troth was plighted for woe or for weal,
And the lines attested by Solomon’s Seal:

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the groom is tied
The Bachelor’s Button was cast aside,

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queen with crown, shield and scepter
And the throng that witnessed was London’s Pride:

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Large king
There was Good King Henry, a tall Jonquil,

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Narcissus
Like Narcissus himself by the waters still;

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Lord and lady dancing
There were Lords & Ladies to grace the dance,

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woman with fan of rosemary
And Rose Mary, and—

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woman in white flowered dress
Rose·la·France:

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man with gold hat, gold sword and sceptre
With his Golden Rod

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Sultan and two attendants
the Sweet Sultan came;

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Old lady, bent over
Lastly, Creeping Jenny, an elderly dame

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two men carrying platters
To order the feast—there was Ling, and Hartstongue,

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Cook, two maids and an extremely large goose walking
And Goosefoot with Sage, the House·leek among

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woman carrying bowl of peas with another woman
Very Sweet Peas, & Good Cherry Pie,
Such a feast as an Alderman could not deny!

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a couple toasting
In lovely King·Cups there was Chamomile Tea

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two rich guests
And the fortune in gifts was a wonder to see!
A new Penny-Royal, A fine Golden Feather;

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Two horses with a man in front
A pair of Horse-chestnuts,

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A pink angel carrying two slocks of Jacob's Ladder
a Jacob’s Ladder,

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Venus holding blue flower like a looking-glass
Venus’s·looking·glass,

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angel or cupid taking arrow from a neired
a fine Arrow-head
Discovered long since in the river’s bed;

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woman carrying fabric
Garments of Flax,

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a woman presenting a cushion
and a Lady’s Cushion;

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two ladies puttin on hose
Hose·in·hose, Lady’s slippers to put on,

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one lady with platter and golden goblets, another with pitcher on her shoulder
Buttercups gold, and a Pitcher-plant
Nay, everything that a house could want.

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couple leaving in a trap or carriage
In Venus’s-fly-trap the pair drove away,

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friends waving goodbye
Speedwell, and be happy,” their friends gaily say;

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maid finding the left behind chest
But alack! what a hubbub when one chanced to find
The Bride’s only Box was there left behind!

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Harlequin dancing with death
The Wild-thyme they had, and the fuss that was made
Kept the guests in a rout thro’ the Deadly night shade.

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Guests taking leave
But the CLOCKS ticked apace to the ope of Dais-y
Snowflakes were fast falling when all said good-bye,

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groom standing over pile of gold coins with a scoop in one hand and scales in the other
With regrets for “that box,”—yet they need not to stint,
For the Bridegroom was rich, he’d a post at the Mint

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The Honeymoon with bride and groom in goldola and Finis
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