Classic Poem

A primrose by a river's brim
Primula vulgaris was to him,
And it was nothing more;
A pansy, delicately reared,
Viola tricolor appeared
In true botanic lore.

That which a pink the layman deems
Dianthus caryophyllus seems
To any flower-fan; or
A sunflower, in that talk of his,
Annuus helianthus is,
And it is nothing more.