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BRING FLOWER
ny Ming. llEMANS.
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,.,a,, aovcrs Young flowers, for the festal


board,
IN wreath the cup ere the wine is poured.
rrnr flowers! they are springinS in wood and


vale,
,rh.;r brcath Aoats ont on the southern gale,
nltbr touch of the sunbeam hath walked the


rose,
ro deck The hall where the bright wine flows.
nrnn aowcrs TO s,rcw in the Conqueror's paths
III hath shaken thrones with his stormy wrath!
llc comes with the spoils Of nations back,
,rhc vine lies crushed in his choriots track,
The turf looks rcd where he won the day
Brine flowers to die in the Conqueror's way!
Bring flowers to the Captye's lonely cell,
THEY have tales Of the Joyous woods to tclli
of the free blue Streams; and the glowing sky,
And the bright world Shut from his ianSud cye;
They will bear him a thought of the sunny hours,
And a dream of his youh-Brng him flowers,


wild flowers.
Bring flowers, fresh flowers; for the Bride to


wear!


They were born to blush III her shining hair,
She Is leaving the home OF her childish mtrth,
She hath bid farewell 10 her fathers hearth;
IL. place is now by ano,hcr's side
Brn. flowers fer the locks OF the fair young


Bride!


Bring flowers, pale flowers Der the bier to shed
A crown for the brow Of the early Dead!
For this through its leaves hath the white-ros'


burst,


For this in the woods was the violet n,rst.
Though they smile in vain Of what once wa


ours,


They are Loves last gift-Bnng yc flower:


pale flowers!
Bling flower to the shrine where we knccl i


prayer,
They arc Natures offering, their place is theret
They speak Of hope to the fanting heart,
With a voice of promise they cone and part,
They sleep in dust through the winiry hours,
They break forth in gory--Bring flowers, brgl


flowers.