Flower! Flower, why repine? God knows each creature's place; He hides within me when I shine, And your leaves hide His face. And you are near as I to Him, And you reveal as much Of that eternal soundless hymn Man's words may never touch. God sings to man through all my rays That wreathe the brow of night, And walks with me thro' all my ways -- The everlasting light. Flower! Flower, why repine? He chose on lowly earth, And not in heaven where I shine, His Bethlehem and birth. Flower! Flower, I see Him pass Each hour of night and day, Down to an altar and a Mass Go thou! and fade away. Fade away upon His shrine! Thy light is brighter far Than all the light wherewith I shine In heaven, as a star. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN A LIBRARY by EMILY DICKINSON THE MORAL FABLES: THE WOLF AND THE WETHER by AESOP BEAUTY OF NATURE by HENRY ALFORD THE ART OF PRESERVING HEALTH: BOOK 2. ADVICE TO THE STOUT by JOHN ARMSTRONG THE LOAN by SABINE BARING-GOULD YOU DON'T BELIEVE by WILLIAM BLAKE THE DEATH OF SCHILLER by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT SPRING FANTASIES: 4. HORN AND VIOLIN by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |