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Around the brim Bertho had sculptured moss And rare similitudes of southern flowers; Shaped violets from sapphires, and from stalks, Hung ruby roses, bright, but without soul, As perfumeless as was that frigid land.

From The Arctic Queen by Unknown

I am a poor little perfumeless flower, having no sweetness or beauty with which to charm the eye or senses, only fit to grow among the kitchen herbs--rue and thyme, and such old-fashioned things.

From Not Pretty, but Precious by De Forest, J. W. (John William)