Poetry. Lessons From The Garden.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2087, 21 November 1885, Page 1 (Supplement)

Poetry. Lessons From The Garden.

JIT MAKCUWT BVTrTOE,

Avinft, darling little 15'own-eypd maid of oors, W ht to school tbia morning To the garden flowers. Sii^T a school was never ftcen, I'm surp, beforeOnly one small scholar ; Teachers, half a score. R-iitl tha Morning plory, " Wh«n Ton ape the light, Tr«i c the Lowl who kept you Sifely tbroufh the night. " S^d tbp purple P&nsy, 11 Iriun thiß truth from me, Yon murt be contented If you'd happy be. " Said (he white rob<»d liily, " You shall blcseingß know If, like me, yonr thoughti are Pare &s driven enow. " ,S;irl the t«ll «Dd Htately Hower of the uun, " Oreater tresflure than a True heart there is none. " ( S*M the Ro«, " The thorns, dear, That Wo ever brings Am by L->ve and Ktndnoa* fobbed of all their iHnga." ST.iii tho pretty, fragrant Violet, " So live Tb\t yo.ir presenca nlwoys Sivi-et delight may givo. " Said they altogether, " Then wh«n lite i« past, 1 on shall fadelws bloswoma Find in Hfnven at last. " Ah I what lovrly lffonn Learned she from the flowers, Amne, darling lilt'e Crown-eyed m*id of odtb ! — Hftrper'a Young People.