WILD FLOWEKS. 



BY ANNE PRATT, 



AUTHOR OF COMMON THINGS OF THE SEA-SIDE, ETC. ETC. 



" By the breath of flowers 

 Thou callest us from city throngs and cares, 

 Back to the woods, the birds, the mountain strearos, 

 That sing of Thee I back to free childhood 'a heart. 

 Fresh with the dews of tenderness I Thou tndd'st 

 The lilies of the field with placid smile 

 Reprove man's feverish strivings, and infuse 

 Through his worn soul a more unworldly life. 

 With their soft holy breath. Thou hast not left 

 His purer nature, with its fine desires, 

 Uncared for in this universe of Thine." 



PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIEECTIOI^ OF 



THE COMMITTEE OF GEXEEAL LITERATURE AXD EDUCATION, 



APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING 



CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. 



VOL. I. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR TBI 



SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE; 



SOLD AT THE DEPOSITORIES, 



GREAT QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS; 



4, ROYAL EXCHANGE; 16, HANOVER STREET, HANOVER SQUARE; 



AND BY ALL BOOKSELLER);. 



1857. 



