Poem by Anonymous

On a Pale Lady with a Red-Nosed Husband

Whence comes it that in Clara’s face
	The lily only has its place? 
Is it because the absent rose
	Has gone to paint her husband’s nose? 

1. Carlisle Yetts
2. The Flower of Yarrow
3. Gathering of Atholl
4. Ettrick Banks
5. Inscription on a Gravestone in the Churchyard of Melrose Abbey

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