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Show TO THE DANDELION. 1 Dear common flower, that grow'st be- f side the way Fringing the dusty rond with harmless goid. . . First pledge of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and full of ptidts uphold. I High-hearted buccaneers, o'erjoyed that they " I An Eldorado in the grass have fourth I Which not the rich earth's ample round -f May match in wealth, thou are more dear to me I Than all the prouder summer blooms may e.-' Gold such as thine ne'er drew the Span- ish prow I Through the primeval hush of Indian seas, Nor wrinkled the lean brow Of ago. to rob the lover's tu-art of ease; j 'Tis the Spring's largess which she scat- j ters now I To rich and poor alike, with lavish hand. J Though most hearts never understand I To t ike it as God's value, hut pass by ! The offer d wealth with unrewarded eye. t i How like a prodigal doth nature seem. When thou, for all thy g"hl, so common j art. . I Thou teachest me to deem More sacredly of every human heart Since each reflects irt .joy its scanty . j gleam f Of heaven, and could pome wondrous sec- j ret show, : Did we but pav the love we owe. And with a child's undoubtlng wisdom " Uok. ' On alt these living pages of God's book. Jdincj UusKcil Lowell. ? " |