Show annual resurrection crocus hyacinth and daffodil are first to wake with heavenly thrill then tulips break the bands of sleep to bless with colors pale and deep in scented breeze the iris next appears with song of bees to greet our ears As from the dead the trees awake put forth their buds and blooms and make the cooling shade for other beds of tiny plants to raise their heads violet pansy pink for get me not all witness work which god hath wrought with summer warmth the asters bloom and scarlet rose with sweet perfume now its a warm midsummer day those rioting zinnias kinnias here to stay star like the water lilies skim the waves A newness of life from watery graves the evening primrose scents the air that wild aroma over there 1 insects songs at eventide make music for a moonlight glide last but not least to flower out chrysanthemums their glorious blossoms flout the autumn frost and wintry blasts and flaunt their colors to the last then all too soon the summers flown to sleep again in solitude alone and here I 1 sit in deep reflection with abiding faith in that GREATER resurrection 1 dr A N leonard f v |