<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=393390" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Flowers</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ye offspring of the morning sun,<br> Ye flowers that deck the smiling plain,<br>Your lives, in joy and bliss begun,<br> In Nature's love unchanged remain.<br>With hues of bright and godlike splendor<br>Sweet Flora graced your forms so tender,<br> And clothed ye in a garb of light;<br>Spring's lovely children weep forever,<br>For living souls she gave ye never,<br> And ye must dwell in endless night?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The nightingale and lark still sing<br> In your tranced ears the bliss of love;<br>The toying sylphs, on airy wing,<br> Around your fragrant bosoms rove,<br>Of yore, Dione's daughter [6] twining<br>In garlands sweet your cup-so shining,<br> A pillow formed where love might rest!<br>Spring's gentle children, mourn forever,<br>The joys of love she gave ye never,<br> Ne'er let ye know that feeling blest!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But when ye're gathered by my hand,<br> A token of my love to be,<br>Now that her mother's harsh command<br> From Nanny's [7] sight has banished me--<br>E'en from that passing touch ye borrow<br>Those heralds mute of pleasing sorrow,<br> Life, language, hearts and souls divine;<br>And to your silent leaves 'tis given,<br>By Him who mightiest is in heaven,<br> His glorious Godhead to enshrine.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Friedrich+Schiller">Friedrich Schiller</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=393390" data-title="The Flowers de Friedrich Schiller" data-description="Ye offspring of the morning sun, Ye flowers that deck the smiling plain, Your lives, in joy and bliss begun, In Nature's love unchanged remain. With hues of bright and godlike splendor Sweet Flora graced your forms so tender, And clothed ye in ..."></div> </div> </div>

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