23 THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
spots in which we have gathered them, ar.d 
our spirits will become invigorated, our 
thoughts more penetrating, and our minds 
strengthened for the work before us : — 
“ Come, let us make a sunny world around thee 
Of thought and beauty ! Here arc books and 
flowers, 
With spells to loose the fetter which hath bound 
thee — 
The ravell’d coil of this world’s feverish hours. 
The soul of song is in these deathless pages, 
Even as the odour in the flower enshrin’d ; 
Here the crown’d spirits of departed ages 
Have left the silent melodies of mind. 
* * * * 
Listen, oh, listen ! let their high words cheer 
thee ! 
Their swan-like music ringing through all 
woes ; 
Let my voice bring their holy influence near 
thee — 
The Elysian air of their divine repose ! 
