82 MORAL OF FLOWERS. 



Our outward life requires them not, 

 Then wherefore had they birth ? 



To minister delight to man, 

 To beautify the earth ; 



To whisper hope to comfort man - 

 Whene'er his faith is dim; 



For whoso careth for the flowers 

 Will care much more for him ! 



TO A FLOWER, 



BY BARRY CORNWALL. 



DAWN, gentle flower, 

 From the morning earth ! 



We will gaze and wonder 

 At thy wondrous birth ! 



Bloom, gentle flower ! 



Lover of the light, 

 Sought by wind and shower, 



Fondled by the night ! 



