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nourish them, and the sunshine to tint the bells with a. 

 ray from the fountain of light. 



Sweet flowers ! Were ye indeed " born to blush 

 unseen, and waste your sweetness on the desert air " ? 

 How can we tell ? May not the gardens of the great 

 Creator be realms of beauty to those who walk the earth 

 unseen by man ? 



" Nor think though men were none, 

 That heaven would want spectators, God want praise ; 

 Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth 

 Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep ; 

 All these with ceaseless praise His works behold • 

 Both day and night." 



