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MORAL OF FLOWERS. 
Our outward life requires them not, 
Then wherefore had they birth ?— 
To minister delight to man, 
To beautify the earth ; 
To whisper hope—to comfort man* 
Whene’er his faith is dim; 
For whoso careth for the flowers 
Will care much more for him ! 
TO A FLOWER. 
* BY BARRY CORNWALL. 
Dawn, gentle flower, 
From the morning earth ! 
We will gaze and wonder 
At thy wondrous birth! 
Bloom, gentle flower! 
Lover of the light, 
Sought by wind and shower, 
Fondled by the night! 
