250 TUB POESY OF FLOWERS 



A flower do but place near thy window glass, 

 And through it no image of evil can pass. 

 Abroad must thou go on thy white bosom wear 

 A nosegay, and doubt not an angel is there, 

 burgee not to water, at break of the day, 

 The lilies, and thou shalt be fairer than they. 

 Place a rose near thy bed, nightly sentry to keep, 

 And angels shall rock thee on roses to sleep. 



No vision of terror approaches the bed, 



When his watch the angel around it has spread , 



And whatever bright fancy thy guardian to thee 



Permits to come in, very good it shall be. 



When thus thou art kept by a heavenly spell, 



Shouldst thou, now and then, dream that I love thee 



right well, 



Be sure that with fervor and truth I adore thee, 

 Or an angel had ne'er set mine image before thee. 

 L. Bancroft. (Translated from the German.) 



