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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pat P, post: 89198, member: 201&quot;]I think I neglected to say that the title of the poem is &quot;The Amaranth.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>It appeared in an 1855 issue of the Floracultural Cabinet magazine, preceded by the following text about the amaranth:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Yet Milton in another place classes it among flowers &#039;that sad embroidery wear&#039;&nbsp; and Spenser describes the Amaranth as a purple flower. We will let the young botanist puzzle this matter out being assured that he will feel an interest in a flower hallowed by being consecrated to departed friends and which could suggest sweet lines like the following...&quot; [followed by the poem in my book plate]</p><p><br /></p><p>It doesn&#039;t sound to me like the author is attributing the poem to either Milton or Spenser, yet it surprises me that he doesn&#039;t give an author.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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