Is not this flower a miracle of red,

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Robert Henry Forster

 

Begonias

 

Some say the age of miracles hath fled,

But surely it continues now and here.

How else could such magnificence appeal

From those brown lumps that seemed so dull and dead?

Is not this flower a miracle of red,

And this of pink, and this of yellow clear,

And this of white that hath no cause to fear

The whitest cloud that wanders overhead?

Yellow and pink and scarlet all ablaze!

Surely this splendour is of God's design,

Who would not have us cheerlessly repine

Over the drab of ordinary days,

But gives us colour, which no less than wine

Gladdens our spirits. Unto Him be praise!

 

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