THE FLOWER VASE. 151 
YARROW. 
Achillea. Class 19. — Order 11. 
Flowers of a dull white. Hays yellowish. Medicinal. 
A cure for the heart ache. 
Art thou forsaken ? Cold and dark, indeed, 
The fate unsoothed by sympathetic tears! 
And well the stricken heart unstanched may bleed, 
With no soft, pitying voice to lull its fears. 
‘ Look up, thou poor forsaken! ’ Jesus sped, 
All trustful, through a lot as dark as thine ; 
And know’st thou not that wheresoe’er he led, 
The path tends onward to a rest divine ? 
Art thou reviled ? Do foes ensnare thy feet ? 
Do proud ones mock thee, and thy friends be¬ 
tray? 
Thou canst not drain the bitter from the sweet, 
Nor pluck the rose and throw the thorn away. 
But, like thy Saviour, turn the other cheek 
When one is struck, and say, ‘ Thou art for¬ 
given ! ’ 
Like him be faithful, and like him be meek, 
And speed, as he sped, hopefully to heaven! 
