90 WITH HERBS AND FLOWERS 



MARIGOLDS 



THE marigolds are nodding ; 

 I wonder what they know. 

 Go, listen very gently ; 

 You may persuade them so. 

 Go, be their little brother, 

 As humble as the grass, 

 And lean upon the hill-wind, 

 And watch the shadows pass. 



Put off the pride of knowledge, 

 Put by the fear of pain ; 

 You may be counted worthy 

 To live with them again. 



Be Darwin in your patience, 

 Be Chaucer in your love ; 

 They may relent and tell you 

 What they are thinking of. 



BLISS CABMAN. 



THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS 



(From the Chinese) 



LOVERS of flowering plants and shrubs we have had 

 by scores, but T'ao Yiiau-ming alone devoted him- 

 self to the chrysanthemum. Since the opening 



