GENTIAN. 141 



THE GENTIANELLA. 



MONTGOMERY. 

 IN LEAF. 



Green thou art, obscurely green, 

 Meanest plant among the mean ! 

 — From the dust / took my birth; 

 Thou too art a child of earth. 

 I aspire not to be great; 

 Scorn not thou my low estate : 

 Wait the time, and thou shalt see 

 Honour crown humility, 

 Beauty set her seal on me. 



IN FLOWER. 



Blue thou art, intensely blue! 

 Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue? 

 — When I open'd first mine eye. 

 Upward glancing to tTie sky, 

 Straightway from the firmament 

 Was the sapphire-brilliance sent ; 

 Brighter glory wouldst thou share? 

 Look to heaven, and seek it there 

 In the act of faith and prayer. 



The same. — mrs. sigourney. 



Meel. dwellers 'mid yon terror-stricken clifTs ! 

 With brows so pure, and incense-breathing lips, 



