74 MORAL OF FLOWER 8. 
by that which is grand and sublime, but also by 
the common and lowly. 
“ 0 put aw ay. thy pride, 
Or be ashamed of power, 
That cannot turn aside 
The breeze that waves a flower.”—J. Clare. 
Yes! “Flowers are holy things” and meet 
objects of our reverence as well as admiration ; 
they claim from us both love and homage, the 
former for their ineffable beauty and sweetness, 
and the latter for inasmuch as that they are 
manifestations of the divine power, skill, and 
goodness of Him, who hath scattered them so 
plentifully over the face of the earth. 
