Flores

William Bouguereau - Menina segurando flores, 1878 Childe Hassam (1859-1935) - A rapariga das flores, 1888

FLOWERS

They are autographs of angels, penned
In Nature's green-leaved book, in blended tints,
Borrowed from rainbows and the sunset skies,
And written everywhere - on plain and hill,
In lonely dells, 'mid crowded haunts of men;
On the broad prairies, where no eye save God's
May read their silent, sacred mysteries.
Thank God for flowers! they gladden human hearts;
Seraphic breathings part their fragrant lips With whisperings of Heaven.

Albert Laighton (1829-1887)