Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE CRUSHED AND BROKEN FLOWER, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS


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THE CRUSHED AND BROKEN FLOWER, by                    
First Line: Within the forest depths unknown
Last Line: Because he loved us so.
Subject(s): Flowers; Love - Beginnings; Pain; Suffering; Misery


Within the forest depths unknown
A lovely wildflower grew;
A passing foot crushed it to earth,
Nor paused or ever knew.
Its fragrance, wafted on the air,
Still seemed to rise above
The pain and anguish of its hurt,
Expressive of its love.

The birds sang sweetly as before,
The world seemed just as fair,
Unmindful that the little flower
Lay crushed and broken there;
But there was One, all-seeing eye,
Whose love doth e'er surround,
Who lifted up the broken flower
And healed its bleeding wound.

And so it is with human life,
Though grief and pain abound,
Still there is One whose loving care
Forever doth surround.
Then let us lift our hearts to Him
Who all our hurts doth know,
The Christ who died on Calvary
Because He loved us so.





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