 | The poetical works of James Montgomery |  |
THE GENTIANELLA.
IN LEAF.
Green thou art, obscurely green,
Meanest plant among the mean!
Meanest plant among the mean!
From the dust I took my birth;
Thou, too, art a child of earth;
I aspire not to be great;
Scorn not thou my low estate;
Time will come when thou shalt see
Honour crown humility,
Beauty set her seal on me.
Thou, too, art a child of earth;
I aspire not to be great;
Scorn not thou my low estate;
Time will come when thou shalt see
Honour crown humility,
Beauty set her seal on me.
IN FLOWER.
Blue thou art, intensely blue,
Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue?
Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue?
When I open'd first mine eye,
Upward glancing to the sky,
Straightway from the firmament
Was the sapphire brilliance sent.
Brighter glory wouldst thou share,
Do what I did,—look up there;
What I could not,—look with prayer!
Upward glancing to the sky,
Straightway from the firmament
Was the sapphire brilliance sent.
Brighter glory wouldst thou share,
Do what I did,—look up there;
What I could not,—look with prayer!
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