GENTIAN. 
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THE GENTIAN ELLA. 
MONTGOMERY. 
IN LEAF. 
Green thou art, obscurely green, 
Meanest plant among the mean! 
— From the dust I took my birth; 
Thou too art a child of earth. 
I aspire not to be great; 
Scorn not thou my low estate: 
Wait the time, and thou shalt see 
Honour crown humility, 
Beauty set her seal on me. 
IN FLOWER. 
Blue thou art, intensely blue! 
Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue? 
—When I open’d first mine eye, 
Upward glancing to the sky, 
Straightway from the firmament 
Was the sapphire-brilliance sent: 
Brighter glory wouldst thou share? 
Look to heaven, and seek it there 
In the act of faith and prayer. 
The same .— mrs. sigourney. 
Meek dwellers ’mid yon terror-stricken cliffs ! 
With brows so pure, and incense-breathing lips, 
