“Sweet flower, thou tellest how hearts as pure and tender as thy leaf, as low and humble as thy stem, will surely know the joy that peace imparts.” KnowsHeartJoySweetFlowerPureLowsHumbleStemLeafsImpartSweet Flowers Book:The Columbian lyre: or, Specimens of transatlantic poetry Source: The Columbian lyre: or, Specimens of transatlantic poetry
“Happy the life, that in a peaceful stream, Obscure, unnoticed through the vale has flow'd; The heart that ne'er was charm'd by fortune's gleam Is ever sweet contentment's blest abode.” HeartSweetFlowFortunePeacefulStreamsCharmContentmentObscureUnnoticedGleamAbode Author:James Gates Percival
