74 MORAL OP FLOWERS. 
by that which is grand and sublime, but also by 
the common and lowly. 
“ 0 put away 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. 
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