Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.
Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum)
Fair gift of Friendship! and her ever bright
And faultless image! welcome now them art,
In thy pure loveliness—thy robes of white,
Speaking a moral to the feeling heart;
Unscattered by heats—by wintry blasts unmoved—
Thy strength thus tested—and thy charms improved.
Anna Peyre Dinnies—To a White Chrysanthemum.
Chrysanthemums from gilded argosy
Unload their gaudy scentless merchandise.
Oscar Wilde—Humanitad. St. 11.