Bessie’s Gift

Snowdrops & Violets – Sweetness & Purity —
     Symbols of Her by whose hand they are given;
Frail as they seem they can bear to futurity
     Wafts of heart-fragrance like odors of Heaven.

Mixed with their breath is the love of the Giver,
     Under each flower, as its beautiful soul
These for a moment, but this is forever,
     Wreathing my brow like a pale aureole.

Thankful I cherish the Gift & the Meaning;
     Brighter than gold in the boon they have brought;
After Life’s harvest how sweet is the gleaming—
     Flowers blooming double – the form & the thought.

Snowdrops & Violets lead the procession;
     Breathe o’er my Autumn the sweetness of May;