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Flower Children
A Reading A–Z Poetry Book
Word Count: 289

POETRY

Flower
Children

Written by Elizabeth Gordon • Illustrated by M.T. Ross

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Flower
Children

The images and text in this book were first published
in 1910 in a larger collection called Flower Children:
The Little Cousins of the Field and Garden.

Flower Children
A Reading A–Z Poetry Book
© 2003 Learning Page, Inc.
Written by Elizabeth Gordon
Illustrated by M.T. Ross

Written by Elizabeth Gordon
Illustrated by M.T. Ross

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Crocus .............................................4
Trailing Arbutus ................................5
Tulip ................................................6
Windflower ......................................7
Lilac ................................................8
Mignonette........................................9
Pansy and Larkspur.........................10
Geranium.......................................11
Sweet Alyssum ................................12
Iris ................................................13

Said Crocus: “My! This wind is cold!

Chrysanthemum ..............................14

Most wish I had not been so bold;

Waterlily........................................15

Here the fields are all still brown;

Zinnia............................................16

Glad I wore my eider-down.”

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Trailing Arbutus, you know,

Lady Tulip, stately dame,

Loves to grow beneath the snow.

From across the ocean came;

Other folks would find it chilly;

Liked this country very much,

She says that’s absurdly silly.

Though she only spoke in Dutch.
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Windflower on an April day,

Lilac wears a purple plume,

Came along and said she’d stay;

Scented with a sweet perfume;

Wore her furs snug as you please,

Very high-born lady she,

Said she liked the nice, cool breeze.

Quite proud of her family tree.
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Fragrant little Mignonette,

Pansy said she wished she knew

In a shower got quite wet;

What made Larkspur look so blue;

Laughed and said she didn’t care --

Larkspur smiled and said ’twas only

It looked like jewels in her hair.

’Cause she felt a little lonely.
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Geranium wears a scarlet gown,

Sweet Alyssum plays around

With trimmings shading into brown;

On any little piece of ground;

Her cousin is a dainty sprite,

Takes up hardly any room,

She dresses modestly in white.

And sheds a very sweet perfume.
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Iris in a country garden

Chrysanthemum is Japanese,

Politely said, “I beg your pardon,

She’s a fine lady, if you please;

But I’m from sunny France, you see,

She comes to see us once a year,

And my real name is Fleur-de-Lis.”

About the time Thanksgiving’s here.

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Waterlily is very fond

Zinnia stands so very straight

Of floating in a sunny pond.

Just inside the garden gate;

Tantalizing little creature,

Sometimes single, sometimes double,

Likes to grow where one can’t reach her.

Never gives a bit of trouble.

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