AS RELATED TO WEALTH. 101 



"There be flowers mating glad the desert, and roots 



fattening the soil, .... 

 And uses above and around which man hath not yet 



regarded. 

 Not long to chase away disease hath the crocus yielded 



up its bulb, 

 Nor the willow lent its leaf, nor the night-shade its 



vanquished poison ; 

 Not long hath the twisted leaf, the fragrant gift of 



China, 



Nor that nutritious root, the boon of far Peru 

 Nor the many-colored dahlia, nor the gorgeous flaunting 



cactus, 

 Nor the multitude of fruits and flowers ministered to life 



and luxury ]- : 

 Even so there be virtues yet unknown in the wasted 



foliage of the elm 

 In the sun-dried harebell of the downs, and the hyacinth 



drinking in the meadow 

 In the sycamore's winged fruit, and the facet-cut cones of 



the cedar. 

 And the pansy and bright geranium live not alone for 



beauty ; 

 Nor the waxen flower of the arbute, though it dieth in a 



day; 

 Nor the sculptured crest of the fir, unseen but by the 



stars 



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