C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.

Crocus

Hail to the King of Bethlehem,
Who weareth in His diadem
The yellow crocus for the gem
Of His authority!

Longfellow.

Welcome, wild harbinger of spring!
To this small nook of earth;
Feeling and fancy fondly cling
Round thoughts which owe their birth
To thee, and to the humble spot
Where chance has fixed thy lowly lot.

Bernard Barton.

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