Semper Augustus Poem by Ima Ryma

Semper Augustus I was named.
Rarest tulip in Holland I
Had crimson flares on white and famed
As most coveted tulip, why?
It's just how greedy humans be.
In 1637 there
Was tulipmania for me.
I made markets crash everywhere,
As fortunes were bid to obtain
Me, the priciest flower known.
Over me humans went insane.
Sadly, my fame got overblown.

A virus was in bulbs of mine,
And killed off my genetic line.