62 MORAL OF FLOWERS. 



And even on the grave can be 

 A spell to weed affection's pain 



Children of Eden, who could see, 

 Nor own His bounty in your reign !" 



ANNETTE TURNER. 



Yes ! silent monitors though they be, they 

 are not voiceless, but gifted with an eloquence 

 divine that appeals alike to the heart and to the 

 understanding ; and would we but hearken to 

 their preaching, our bosoms would become as 

 well-springs of mutual piety peace and good 

 fellowships would prevail upon earth, and men 

 would be no more shedders of each other's 

 blood, and perpetrators of the blackest crimes : 

 but, alas ! 



"Many in this dim world of cares, 

 Have sat with angels unawares." T. K. HERVEY. 



And few, very few are they, who can behold 

 the bright countenances of heaven's messengers, 

 and listen to their discourse with an under- 

 standing spirit, for ambition and avarice, and 

 pride, have obscured our powers of vision, and 

 choked up the avenues to that treasure-house, 



