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THE FLOWER'S LESSON.
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THERE grew a fragrant1 rose-tree where the brook2 flows,
With two little tender buds, and one full rose;
When the sun went down to his bed in the west,
The little buds leaned on the rose-mother's breast,
While the bright eyed stars their long watch kept,
And the flowers of the valley in their green cradles slept;
Then silently in odors they communed with each other,
"O sister," said the little one, as she gazed at the sky,
"I wish that the Dew Elves, as they wander lightly by,
Would bring me a star; for they never grow dim,
And the Father does not need them to burn round him.
The shining drops of dew the Elves bring each day
And place in my bosom, so soon pass away;
But a star would glitter brightly through the long summer hours,
And I should be fairer than all my sister flowers.
That were better far than the dew-drops that fall
On the high and the low, and come alike to all.
I would be fair and stately, with a bright star to shine
And proudly she cried, "These fire-flies shall be
My jewels, since the stars can never come to me."
Just then a tiny dew-drop that hung o'er the dell
On the breast of the bud like a soft star fell;
But impatiently she flung it away from her leaf,
And it fell on her mother like a tear of grief,
A glittering fire-fly that hung by her side.
"Heed," said the mother rose, "daughter mine,
Why shouldst thou seek for beauty not thine?
The Father hath made thee what thou now art;
And what he most loveth is a sweet, pure heart.
Then why dost thou take with such discontent
The loving gift which he to thee hath sent?
For the cool fresh dew will render thee far
More lovely and sweet than the brightest star;
They were made for Heaven, and can never come to shine
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1 fragrant | |
adj.芬香的,馥郁的,愉快的 | |
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2 brook | |
n.小河,溪;v.忍受,容让 | |
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3 bosom | |
n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的 | |
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4 crimson | |
n./adj.深(绯)红色(的);vi.脸变绯红色 | |
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5 wilful | |
adj.任性的,故意的 | |
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6 folly | |
n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话 | |
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7 drooping | |
adj. 下垂的,无力的 动词droop的现在分词 | |
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8 dwelling | |
n.住宅,住所,寓所 | |
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9 kindly | |
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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10 humility | |
n.谦逊,谦恭 | |
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11 wilt | |
v.(使)植物凋谢或枯萎;(指人)疲倦,衰弱 | |
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12 zephyr | |
n.和风,微风 | |
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