“Queen rose of the rosebud garden of girls,
Come hither, the dances are done,
In gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls,
Queen lily and rose in one;
Shine out, little head, sunning over with curls,
To the flowers, and be their sun.”

—  Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Part I, section xxii, stanza 9
Maud; A Monodrama (1855)

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