- Louise Phillips by Louise Phillips

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 27, 1906

— Louise Phillips

By Louise Phillips

Posies

O FOR the dear old-fashioned posies Growing close by the kitchen door! Poppies soft that will bring forgetting, Balm and mint for a spirit sore.

Heartsease sweet for hearts that are aching, Ragged ladies, and four-o'clocks; Marigolds with wealth uncounted, Cabbage-roses and hollyhocks.

Old-time pinks with their spicy odor, Tiger-lilies and columbine, Honey-sweet in its golden chalice, Humming-birds in the climbing vine.

Sunflowers tall that turn their faces Out to the West as the sun goes down; Morning-glories which close and cower, Under the rays of his burning frown.

Clover fields with the bees a-humming, Drowsy grasses that sway and nod; Busy reapers the ripe grain cutting, Fragrant breath of new-mown sod.

O for the dear old-fashioned posies, Growing close by the kitchen door; And for the loved familiar faces, Gone from our sight forevermore!