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Show I . j . I Itii dy the victory I ' I I i which oyer : y Universal, st 1 I A Blessed Bud. ' . It Is a custom of the Dominicans on the Iestiva.1 of the Holy Rosary as was evl-denced evl-denced last vear in the chapel of the catholic Guild House. Philadelphia to bless a quantity of natural roses which re afterward scattered before the Blessed hacrament as it is carried processionally through the church. Out of a letter's folds, today - (Sweet pases fond from a friend afar), A yellow rosebud dropped away, j And fell in my lap like a fallen star. ! Faded, but fragrant, yet: ah! me. A Derfume etill from Its heart was ? press'd. ! What should the tinv flow'ret be ; But one of St. Dominic's Roses blest! ! i 1 One of the delicate, radiant hoard i St. Dominic's .ioy to see ! Btrewn in the path of their hidden Lord - i , On our Lady's feast of the Rosary; l . : As. up and down thro' the solemn aisles, ' The Sacred Host by the priest is borne. Ah! Purely the Queen of the Rosary smiles Her brichtest emile on that blessed morn! The Kladsome dew of her limpid eyes, The spotless snow of her brow divine. The gold of her hair, and the velvet guise Of her blushing cheek in the roses shine; Till the blossoms falling, one by one. In odorous mass at the Monarch's feet, Are beauteous types to the royal Son Of His Mother, the Rose of Sharon sweet! O bud from that carnet of orient bloom! I I presse my Hps to ihy petals fair:' A blessing: lurks in thv faint perfume. And the breath, of thv leaves is full of rrayer. Close to mv heart, sweet treasure, lie Each restless Dulse in thine odors steep. Till mv soul is filled with thy balm, and 1 Am bathed in a calm divine and deep! Then, on mv knees. I shall bend to sav Grateful and triad to my far-off friend: "The rose of St. Dominic blooms today, , And the Life of its life shall never end!-' Eleanor C. Donnelly. |