O ruddy Lover -
O brave red Clover!
Didst think to win her
Thou dost adore?
She will not love thee,
She looks above thee,
The Daisy's gold doth move her more.
If gold can win her,
Then love's not in her;
So leave the Sinner,
And sigh no more.
Follow this link to see the poem The Clover from Margaret Deland's The Old Garden and Other Verses, decorated by William Crane and published by Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1893 - The Clover