Poem by Henry Timrod

A Bouquet

Take first a Cowslip, then an Asphodel,
 A bridal Rose, some snowy Orange flowers;
A Lily next, and by its spotless bell
 Place the bright Iris, darling of the showers;
Set gold Nasturtiums, Elder blooms between,
 And Heart's-ease to the Orchis marry sweetly;
Then with red Pinks, and slips of Evergreen,
 You will possess—all folded up discreetly—
In one bouquet, that none but you may know,
 The name I love beyond all names below.

1. Sonnets. 1. Poet! If on a Lasting Fame Be Bent
2. To Rosa——
3. Ethnogenesis
4. Love's Logic
5. Song Composed for Washington's Birthday, and Respectfully Inscribed to the Officers and Members of the Washington Light Infantry of Charleston, February 22, 1859

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