June 6, 1840.
ON A FLOWER,
Plucked from the grave of Mrs. C—— B——, the wife of Lieut. B——, and daughter of Col. V——, who died at Fort Towson, Ark. Ter.
I saw a beauteous little flower,
Which grew upon a grave,
’Twas pluck’d from its own proud stem, which long’d
Its darling flower to save.
And a tiny bud was borne away
With the lovely parent flower;
But a careful hand that loved them well,