"Spake full well in language quaint and^olden, 

 One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine, 



When he called the flowers so blue andjgolden, 

 Stars that in earth's firmament do shine. 



"'Wondrous truths and manifold as wondroas, 

 God hath written in those stars^above ; 



But not less in the bright flowerets under us 

 Stands the revelation of His love. 



"Bright and glorious is that revelation, 

 Writ all over this great world of ours — 



Making evident our own creation, 

 In these stars of earth, these golden flowers." 



