MORAL OF FLOWERS. 71 



That serves the steailfust hours, 

 Is in the grass beneath that grows 

 Unheeded, and the mute repose 



Of sweetly breathing flowers." WOEDSWORTH. 



Will the cold-hearted cynic smile, and will 

 the sneering sceptic make a mockery of our 

 words when we repeat this touching lesson ? 



"God loveth all his creatures, 



Doth bless them hour by hour; 

 Then will He not of man take heed, 

 "\Yho- so much beauty hath decreed 



Unto the way-side flower?" MARY Ho WITT. 



Perchance they may do so, but, oh ! we shall 

 love ye none the less ; none the less shall we 

 stiivc to express the feelings of gratitude, arid 

 associations of .pleasure, wherewith ye are so 

 intimately blended, exclaiming : 



" ! if earth's ruined wilderness afford 



So many flowers, breathing of love divine, 

 How gloriously that promised land must shine 

 That waits the followers of earth's mighty Lord!" 



MR*. RICHARDSOX. 



Fair spirits are ye ministering angels ! 

 A writer, who has drunk deeply from the 

 well of inspiration, says : 



