FLOWERS. 
BY A. M. M. 
Emblems of purity. 
Brightest of earth, 
Children of innocence, 
Blest was thy birth. 
Eden’s magnificence, 
Gems of the heath, 
Love’s own interpreters, 
Poesy’s wreath. 
Charming and soothing 
The desolate heart, 
Peerless and beautiful 
Surely thou art. 
