THE MOSS ROSE. 



FROM THE GERMAN OF KRUMMACHER. 

 BV B. J. LOSSING. 



Beneath a Rose-bush, slumbering lay 



A sei-aph bright, from Flora's bower.— 

 *Twas he, \\ ho, at the close of day 



Sprinkles with dew each fragrant flower. 



He 'woke, and on the Rose-bush sir i led, 



And with a voice that breath'd of Heaven, 

 Thus spake — " Thou art my loveliest child, 

 A favor ask, and 'twill be given." 

 " Adorn me with a lovelier charm" — 

 Th ^ spirit of the Rose-bush pray'd, 

 The angel, stretching forth his arm, 

 In simple Moss the flower array'd ! 

 It stood, the loveliest of its kind, 



A sweet Moss Rose in simple dress ; 

 Bright emblem of a modest mind 

 Adorn'd with nature's loveliness. 

 Thus, dearest sister, lay aside, 



The gaudy ornaments of Art — 

 Let modest Worth be all thy pride,— 

 Let Virtue decorate thy heart. 

 New YoiiK, 1846. 



