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rOETET OP FLOWERS. 
‘ Live for to-day ! to-morrow’s light 
To-morrow’s cares will bring to sight ; 
Go, sleep like closing flowers at night, 
And Heaven thy morn will bless. 
FLOWERS AND LIFE. 
Loveliest of God’s creations 
Are the flowers that gem the earth ; 
In life’s various relations, 
’Mid its scenes of wo and mirth. 
They are ever valued by us, e’en as things of price¬ 
less worth. 
Mark the child amid them roving 
Full of innocent delight; 
Mark the youth and maiden loving. 
Giving to each other’s sight 
Those many-hued interpreters which tell their 
hidden thoughts aright. 
When the marriage vows are spoken, 
And the merry bells outring. 
What so well fond hopes betoken. 
What so fit can friendship bring, 
To strew the path wherein the pair are newly 
entering ? 
