[More about the flowers than the scents. I hope the mods will forgive the digression. Stanza 1 & 4 refer to Queen Victoria; Stanza 2 Irene Adler and Stanza 3 Hatty Doran of "The Noble Bachelor." Venus' car means 'fly away with me' and common laurel 'perfidy.']
In the year eighteen-forty, orange blossoms for the bride in manner regal, courtly. Dye was cast as tears were cried.
“Orange blossoms for the bride?” “If Venus’ car too rare.” Dye was cast as tears were cried. “I’ve two grooms too rapt to care.”
“If Venus’ car too rare, why not a common laurel? I’ve two grooms too rapt to care about my choices floral.”
“Why not a common laurel in manner regal, courtly?” About my choices floral, in the year eighteen-forty, dye was cast as tears were cried.
Pantoum (with an extra line)
In the year eighteen-forty,
orange blossoms for the bride
in manner regal, courtly.
Dye was cast as tears were cried.
“Orange blossoms for the bride?”
“If Venus’ car too rare.”
Dye was cast as tears were cried.
“I’ve two grooms too rapt to care.”
“If Venus’ car too rare,
why not a common laurel?
I’ve two grooms too rapt to care
about my choices floral.”
“Why not a common laurel
in manner regal, courtly?”
About my choices floral,
in the year eighteen-forty,
dye was cast as tears were cried.