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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHISPERING FLOWERS, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER
First Line: Whispering flowers, murmuring hours
Last Line: Love which we know?
Subject(s): Flowers; Love; Nature; Story-telling
First Line: Whispering flowers, murmuring hours
Last Line: Love which we know?
Subject(s): Flowers; Love; Nature; Story-telling
Whispering flowers, murmuring hours,
Nodding and sighing to us as you grow,
Bowing and bending,
Sweet perfume lending,
Zephyrs attending
Which softly blow.
Tell me your story, whence comes your glory,
Why are your petals with color aglow?
Have you been stealing
Hues from earth's ceiling,
And them revealing
To us below?
Sunrise and sunset, cobalt and roset,
All have been merged and in you overflow,
Each color gleaming
Reflects the streaming
Sun in its beaming,
Radiant bow.
When Nature fashioned in love impassioned,
Did she intend just your beauty to show?
In your gay dressing
Was she not blessing
Us by expressing
Love which we know?
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