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The Yellow Daisy by Margaret Deland from The Old Garden and Other Verses

What's his heart -

Sweetheart?

What's his heart?

Very often I've been told

Of his yellow shining gold;

But the gold's the smallest part

Of a happy love,

Sweetheart.

Is it true,

My Dear,

Is it true,

That his heart's a rusty brown?

Nay, my Sweetheart, do not frown;

Better know it's brown and sere,

Now, than when too late,

My dear!

Follow this link to see the poem The Yellow Daisy from Margaret Deland's The Old Garden and Other Verses, decorated by William Crane and published by Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1893 - The Yellow Daisy