The Wreath. Meleager of Gadara (1st Century B.C.). V. Trees: Flowers: Plants. Bliss Carman, et al., eds. 1904. The World's Best Poetry. V. Nature

Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume V. Nature. 1904.

V. Trees: Flowers: Plants

The Wreath

Meleager of Gadara (1st Century B.C.)

From the Greek by William M. Hardinge

NOW will I weave white violets, daffodils
With myrtle spray,
And lily bells that trembling laughter fills,
And the sweet crocus gay:
With these blue hyacinth, and the lover’s rose	5
That she may wear—
My sun-maiden—each scented flower that blows,
Upon her scented hair.