MIGNONETTE^ 



(reseda odokata.) 



' Though the Lord be higli, yet hath He respect unto the lowly." 



Psalm cxxxviii. 6. 



Who does not love thee, Mignonette ? 

 "WHio owes thee not a boundless debt ? 

 Who has not known thee soothe and calm 

 The grie\ing heart, like Gilead's balm ? 



The rich man's garden's graced by thee. 

 The cottage border equally. 

 And pallid forms, in garrets bare. 

 Thee cherish, and thy blessing share. 



By thee enrich' d, the gentle gale 

 Of summer evening we inhale ; 

 Oft, too, thou servest to allay 

 The heat and burden of the day. 



The diminutive of mignon, darling. 



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