WHERE hast thou been, thou pretty Flower,
That ne’er before I found thee?
For whom has nature deck’d thee thus,
And cast such charm around thee?
Not for the proud:,they will not heed
A thing so mean as thou;,
For them the eastern lily blooms,
The reeds of India blow.
Not for the gay:,with roses fair
Their brilliant brows are dress’d;,
‘Tis not for thee to twine their wreath,
Or blossom on their breast.
Not for the thoughtless:,they will brush
Thy leaf without a care,
Perhaps will tread thee to the earth,
Nor heed that thou art there.
Thou grow’st for them who seek thee far,
With keen and anxious eye,
Thou art for hands that know thee well,
The little “Simpler’s Joy.”
Doubtless some secret virtue lies
Beneath thy pale blue flower,
Some soft assuaging balm is thine,
To solace and to cure.
So, for the lowly and the sad,
The sufferer and the poor,
There erst in Sharon’s valley grew
A fair, forgotten flower.
The proud, the happy chose it not,
The careless pass’d it by,
It grew unheeded of the blest,
To be the lost one’s joy.
It grew for those who bend their way,
With heavy steps and slow,
In search of something to assuage
Their own or others’ woe.
Sweet Rose of Sharon! Why so far
Stray’d my lost steps around thee?
Where didst thou hide thyself so long,
That I so late have found thee?
(Caroline Fry)
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