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TO THE WILD CARROT BLOSSOM

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 4, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 23.

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TO THE WILD CARROT BLOSSOM.

They call you only a worthless weed, And grudge you a spot to grow; They plow up the meadow with cruel greed, And ruthlessly lay you low.
Such beauty as yours is far too rare For common eyes to see; For, search through the gardens everywhere, Your equal can scarcely be.
'Tis only the souls with cultured sight Who own your delicate grace, And freely accord your royal right To the name of “Queen Anne’s Lace.”
So in many a lowly human flower God's hidden graces wait The touch of love to reveal its dower And lift it to kingly state.
— Selected.