A charm for the shaded eve.
[330] This dial was, I believe, formed by Linnæus, and marked the hours by the opening and closing, at regular intervals, of the flowers arranged in it.
OUR DAILY PATHS.[331]
“Naught shall prevail against us, or disturb
Our cheerful faith that all which we behold
Is full of blessings.” Wordsworth.
There’s beauty all around our paths, if but our watchful eyes
Can trace it midst familiar things, and through their lowly guise;
We may find it where a hedgerow showers its blossoms o’er our way,
Or a cottage window sparkles forth in the last red light of day.