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THE POETRY OP FLOWERS. 



EOSE, FULL RED. 



Tnv looks how lovelv ! and thy face 

 So eloquent with mental grace ! 

 Thy motions are as light and free 

 As zephyrs o'er a summer sea ; — 

 Thou art, in truth, a wayward child, 

 Thy words so gay, thy steps so wild ; 

 And none can see thee speak or move 

 Without some glow akin to love I 



SCABIOUS, SWEET. 



Ah, fare-thee-weil, thou loved and worshipped one! 



For deaih is at mr he^rt ; such death as steals 

 To the young leaf when autumn frost and sun 



Tinge all its reins with beauty which conceals 

 'Neath radiant dyes the wasting of irs heart. — 

 So shall I too in quiet smiles depart. 



SNOW BALL. 



TnOUGHT.S OF IIEAVEX. 



'Tio good 

 To be subdued at times ; the heart is wooed 

 By these pure impulses to purer things. 

 Cherish within your soul whatever brings 

 Moments of sweet communion with high thought 



Joy hath its mini tries, but griefs are fr.-iught 

 With gentler bU-ssiu-s. Let them come in soft 

 And tender eloquence, and bear aloft 

 Your faith on the white spirit-wings of prayer. 



STAR OF BETHLEHEM. 



Root bulbous. Flowers white, six-petalled, with ; 

 calyx. 



Sham, we not follow where His feet have trod. 



And, by an humble love, and failh sincere. 

 Approach the likeness of the Son of God ? 



His Life is with us, and his quickening Word, 

 Shall these be hidden from our daily sij;ht. 



Or only 'neath the temple's arches heard. 

 Or dreamed of in tlie still, inactive night ? 



Oh no ! His holy lessons shall be learned 

 By way-^ide coiuiings in our daily walk : 



And, as the hearts of his disciples burned 

 When listening, as they journeyed, to his talk ; 



So shall ottr hearts be thrilled, our s. uls subdued. 

 By the deep wisdom of his gentle .speech. 



Until with light, and peace, and love imbued, 

 Hi^ kingdom and its rest divine we reach. 



STONECROP. 



TRAXQUILMTT. 



Tiiou rirt more blest, I deem, 

 Than in thy gayer hours, though gri.f haih l.id 

 Its surgeon hand upon thy heart, :ind loft 

 Some aching wounds. Oh, truly blest alone 

 Are they «ho by tho wondrous deeds of lime, 

 Gentle or stern, have learned the holy peice 

 ■Which dwells with God ; who have be mi taught to se.k 

 A d'-eper love from Him — n love more pure 

 And firm than that which dwells in human hearts. 

 And throws a transient glory o'er the eartli. 



Peace with thee 

 Make' its abiding home ; and though the world, 

 With its consuming pleasures, com. s not h'Te, 

 Yet F.iith, and Hope, and Charity are thine, 

 With all their sweets. Such peace as theirs, this world 

 Can neither give nor can it take away. 



