SPRING BEAUTIES
How flagrantly the tulips flaunt their flavors
(Vanilla, cherry, orange and lemon savours)
While overhead the apple blossoms swath
Their hosts in clouds of billowing cheesecloth.
On woodland verges daffodils brightly beam
And luminous lilacs over us sometimes lean.
Modest blue grape hyacinths peep out.
Scarlet quinces give a lusty shout.
Cherry trees dropped their petals some weeks past.
Violets modestly blush amidst the grass.
Korean dogwoods are the first to blossom
Before our native rose and ivory cousins.
Lilies of the Valley perfume the air.
My eyes delight in flowers everywhere.
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