206 FLOWER-PAINTINGS. 
Flowers are around me, bright of hue, 
The quaint, old favourites and the new, 
In form and colour infinite, 
Each one a creature of delight. 
But with this fair array is brought 
Full many a deep and holy thought, 
And for me garden-beds and bowers, 
Like the old pictures of the flowers, 
Within their bloomy depths enshrine 
Ever some sentiment divine! 
