Henry O'Meara Ballads of America

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FLOWERING YEARS

ACCOMPANYING A GIFT OF NINE ROSEBUDS FROM A CLASSMATE,
TO MARION FULLER ON HER NINTH BIRTHDAY

CLASSMATE, as in young bloom of budding day,
   Your life of flowering years has yielded nine;
I come with buds your claims of love to pay, -
   For every full-blown year indite a line,
   With hope that in these tiny gifts of mine,
To each fair calyx friendship's hue may cling,
   And rosy joys in every petal twine, -
On Marion's birthdays flowers of bliss to fling,
On each fair bloss'ming Fuller fragrance bring.

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Henry O'Meara Ballads of America

FLOWERING YEARS

ACCOMPANYING A GIFT OF NINE ROSEBUDS FROM A CLASSMATE, TO MARION FULLER ON HER NINTH BIRTHDAY

Edited and formatted by Sheldon Brown updated Wednesday, April 19, 2000 URL: https://www.sheldonbrown.com/org/omeara/flowering.htmlCopyright © 2000, 2007 Sheldon Brown

ACCOMPANYING A GIFT OF NINE ROSEBUDS FROM A CLASSMATE,
TO MARION FULLER ON HER NINTH BIRTHDAY

Edited and formatted by Sheldon Brown
updated Wednesday, April 19, 2000
URL: https://www.sheldonbrown.com/org/omeara/flowering.html
Copyright © 2000, 2007 Sheldon Brown