She needs no diadem, Because her golden hair Is so surpassing fair, No crown can match its lustre fine. She comes! Oh birds, to hail your queen combine, THE DAISY AT THE DELUGE. BEDDOES. THE daisy in Noah's meadow, On which the foremost drop of rain fell warm * This song has been set to music by Molloy. 1 SNOWDROP; OR, FAIR MAID OF FEBRUARY. (Friend in Need-Hope.) HE snowdrop is dedicated to the Virgin Mary; and tradition asserts that it blooms on the second of February, or Candlemas Day-the day kept in celebration of the Holy Virgin taking the Child Jesus to the Jewish Temple, and there presenting the appointed offering of two turtle doves. THE SNOWDROP. WESTWOOD. THE Snowdrop is the herald of the flowers, It prays stern winter to withdraw his troop |