The flossy flow'r may sigh touch me,
but if the hoof, beguil'd, forgott' -
the fronds that fence the flow'r retreat
to cry reminder: "Touch me not -
once touched, this heart must fall aflame
to love's cruel sway, that is its lot;
I wish not love's devouring pain:
for pity's sake, please Touch-Me-Not."
but if the hoof, beguil'd, forgott' -
the fronds that fence the flow'r retreat
to cry reminder: "Touch me not -
once touched, this heart must fall aflame
to love's cruel sway, that is its lot;
I wish not love's devouring pain:
for pity's sake, please Touch-Me-Not."