74 MORAL OF FLOWERS. 



by that which is grand and sublime, but also by 

 the common and lowly. 



" put away thy pride, 



Or be ashamed of power, 

 That cannot turn aside 



The breeze that waves a flower." J. CLARE. 



Yes! " Flowers are holy things" and meet 

 objects of our reverence as well as admiration ; 

 they claim from us both love and homage, the 

 former for their ineffable beauty and sweetness, 

 and the latter for inasmuch as that they are 

 manifestations of the divine power, skill, and 

 goodness of Him, who hath scattered them so 

 plentifully over the face of the earth. 



