Salt Lake Times | 1890-06-12 | Page 6 | The Rose and the Fern

THE HOSE AND THE FERN. lAdr, life's swctest l?ssoq would'st thou lean, Come thou with nio to lore's enchanted bow High overhead tho fvelllsed roses burn, Beneath thy feet behoid the feathery fer l leaf without a flower. What though the rose leaves falir They still ai sweet, ' i And have heen lovely in their beauteous prim While the bare frond seems ever to repeat, "For us no hud, no blossom, wakes to greet The joyous tlowering tiraei" Heed thou the lesson. life lias leaves to tread And flowers to cherish; summer round the! glows; Wait not till autumn's fading robes are shed, But while its petals still are burning red Gather life's full blown rose ! -Oliver Wendell Holmes in Atlantic.