But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, it’s bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts forever.
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How could Burns not thistles to quote this?! Outrageous!
Oh flower of Scotland when will we see your like again…
By the way, what is the county flower of Shropshire?