78 LEXICON OF 
A mother’s trust ! Oh, guard it well, 
And faithful to it prove; 
Eternity alone can tell 
What ’s wrought by a mother’s love. 
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Signification . . . Good Will. 
Emblem Mezereon. 
Sentiment Desire to Please. 
Seek happiness, child, in life’s sunny hours, 
By culling for others life’s beautiful flowers ; 
And the smiles they shall bear to the lowliest place, 
Reflected shall beam on their own bonny face. 
That youth would be happy to send a bouquet, 
To tell to his lady what he wishes to say, 
And thus the delight he thinks to impart, 
With' hopes, fresh and sweet, shall return to his heart. 
Bring flowers to gladen the sick one’s room 
With their angel smiles and their rich perfume ; 
They will speak to the weary of brighter hours, 
And of Him who has mingled life’s thorns with flowers. 
The gentle bride to the altar is led, 
With fragrant blossoms is her pathway spread, 
And when loved ones are laid on their lowly biers, 
We scatter for them the flowers and the tears. 
