| Augustin S. Macdonald, comp. A Collection of Verse by California Poets. 1914. | | | | Daffodils | | By Grace Hibbard |
| | | | “If I had but two loaves of bread, I would sell one and buy hyacinths.”—The Koran. |
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O DAFFODILS, bright daffodils, | |
| I’d sell my other loaf for thee. | |
| Thou art so sweet, I love thee so, | |
| That thou art soul-bread unto me. | |
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| I’ve placed thee in a crystal vase, | 5 |
| As clear as crystal vase can be; | |
| Hold high thy pretty yellow heads, | |
| While I a story tell to thee. | |
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| Once up each side a garden path | |
| Two lines of daffodils did stray, | 10 |
| Two golden chains of memory, | |
| That link my childhood with to-day. | |
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| Up to an old colonial house, | |
| From gate to doorsill, side by side, | |
| Were daffodils in yellow gowns, | 15 |
| Gay daffodils—New England’s pride. | |
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| A little girl stood in the door, | |
| Her heart was filled with love for thee, | |
| First garden flowers of the spring, | |
| O daffodils, that girl was me. | 20 | | |
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