BUTTERCUPS AND DAISIES. 
Purple with the north-wind, 
Yet alert and bold, 
Fearing not and caring not, 
Though they be a-cold! 
What to them is weather! 
What are stormy showers! 
Buttercups and Daisies 
Are these human flowers! 
He who gave them hardship 
And a life of care, 
Gave them likewise hardy strength, 
And patient hearts to bear. 
Welcome, yellow Buttercups ! 
Welcome, Daisies white! 
Ye are in my spirit 
Visioned, a delight! 
Coming ere the Spring-time, 
Of sunny hours to tell— 
Speaking to our hearts of Him 
Who doeth all things well. 


