THE azure-plumed Delphiniums are at rest;
The tall Anchusas bear but pods of seed;
But here are beauties of another breed,
And who can say which race is loveliest?
Even Solomon himself might have confessed
His wisdom useless, had it been decreed
That he should solve the problem; nor indeed
Would he be wise that durst attempt the quest.
Fair was the azure glory, but as fair
Are these tall spires of Hollyhock that show
An equal beauty of a different hue.
This fairy pink, like sunset’s afterglow,
May with the earlier brilliancy compare,
And compensate us for the vanished blue.
(Robert Henry Forster)
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