WILD FLOWERS.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 697, 2 December 1876, Page 5 (Supplement)

WILD FLOWERS.

' Til fair to «cc our cultured budt their shilling tinti unfold, , .. Io l*a»es that wear tho stpi>blre'< huo, or mock th« taaMt'i gold ; , „ Tht 11lj 1 * th« rose's b'jsh, hw dra-ra the admiring ga», . .. j . An* won from miny t mlnsfcral harp the msed of sang and praise ! , Oh ! thoy are (not for fatal hall, or bsauty s courtly For thoie I Jore, the wre»th ih*ll be, of wild »nd woodUnd floweri ! Bright claitarlnc in tht for«it shadas, or ipringing from tboiod, , . ▲■ flout from B4«n, forth the/ coma, fre»h from the handofOodl . „. , . No hntnftn eire n»th nurtortd thorn ; the wad wind PMMth by ; Th«y floarlih la the iuihine gl«m »n^ tempoitcloudod tfky ', And oh I llko ovfry gift thrt He, tbe b mntiful. h»:h Th«irtM*sure» fill, alike to All, type of hU prjmiisd he»T«n I Tlity botr to x» sweet mtmories of childhood's b*ppr Bro gri«f h»d wraug the h«»rt with p»in, or dimmed tho aye with tears ; Thiy nnvo b»«n twiuti with playfulness ronnd m»ny «>)nnay brow. W*» coit\y p«ru »ad IndUn gems *r« proudly flMhinrnow! „ „ But hiding mtny % line of oara beneita their gorgeous blaze, Th»t lv kod not 'ae»th the wil« fljw«r wreath of yotnh's aatroubUd d»ys ! Oh 1 chid* not at th» simplo theaae that w»rcj th» mlu«»«r« lay, . M „ . Eanh were less brlunt without the flower* tu»t bljuom by tho way : He at whoM word tdo uuircrse her ancient might did Hath taught proud m*n a lessan from the lilies of th« fitla I thank the*, God • for «vsry boon Tny h»nd in mercy ihowera, And oh, not least among thy nifts, th» beautiful wi'd flow«ra ! o —