They are the autographs of angels, penn'd
In Nature's green-leav'd book, in blended tints,
Borrowed from rainbows and the sunset skies,
And written every where--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.