In The King's Garden

"Oh, not for long, ah. uut for long shall I be lniL-crincr In the i;uvl n oí the kmgt" So blith '.y and o proudly sang the roso, "For mj 1 1 ly í :und me fair And wil] pluck ino íor her huir, And I shall go with hor where she goea." "I caro not, oh, I caro uot íor tho king or for the queen, Thonffh the fairest ever socn," 8anK the prhnroso from the bed aeross tha way, "Por the poet psssed along Ainl wove ruó in a song, And I shall live forever in lüs lay. " But the violet beside them only bent its hoad and smiled, For ili knsw a littlo ohild Had stolen to tho corner where it grew. She had Domed it bost of all And fairest., though so smull, And crowuod it with a kiss. But no one knew.