The earth laughs in flowers

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1 Flowers & Poetry

2 The earth laughs in flowers - Ralph Waldo Emerson Flowers are so beautiful they evoke an abundance of emotion. Inspiring poetry and deep thoughts through out the world. From the lotus flower to the rose, every flower inspires. These top three flowers especially: 1. The Rose 2. The Lily 3. The Sunflower In this eight page booklet you will discover a collection of beautiful and thoughtful quotes and poems inspired by the beauty of flowers. 2

3 The Gentle Gardener I d like to leave but daffodils to mark my little way, To leave but tulips red and white behind me as I stray; I d like to pass away from earth and feel I d left behind But roses and forget-me-nots for all who come to find. I d like to sow the barren spots with all the flowers of earth, To leave a path where those who come should find but gentle mirth; And when at last I m called upon to join the heavenly throng I d like to feel along my way I d left no sign of wrong. And yet the cares are many and the hours of toil are few; There is not time enough on earth for all I d like to do; But, having lived and having toiled, I d like the world to find Some little touch of beauty that my soul had left behind. - Edward Guest 3

4 Quo He said that we belonged together because he was born with a flower and I was born with a butterfly and that flowers and butterflies need each other for survival. - Gemma Malley, The Declaration People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us. - Iris Murdoch The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day, and now I place them here in memory of something that has died. - Katharine Hepburn 4

5 tes By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity. - Vernon Howard Flowers are the Romeos and the Juliets of the nature! - Mehmet Murat Ildan Flowers are almost perfect; their only flaw is that they are weak; they can t protect themselves against the evil! - Mehmet Murat Ildan 5

6 THE LILIES This morning it was, on the pavement, When that smell hit me again And set the houses reeling. People passed like rain: (The way rain moves and advances over the hills) And it was hot, hot and dank, The smell like animals, strong, but sweet too. What was it? Something I had forgotten. I tried to remember, standing there, Sniffing the air on the pavement. Somehow I thought of flowers. Flowers! That bad smell! I looked: down lanes, past houses-- There, behind a hoarding, A rubbish-heap, soft and wet and rotten. Then I remembered: After the rain, on the farm, The veil that was dry and paler than a stone Suddenly turned wet and green and warm. The green was a clash of music. Dry Africa became a swamp And swamp-birds with long beaks Went humming and flashing over the reeds And cicadas shrilling like a train. I took off my clothes and waded into the water. Under my feet first grass, then mud, Then all squelch and water to my waist. 6

7 A faint iridescence of decay, The heat swimming over the creeks Where the lilies grew that I wanted: Great lilies, white, with pink streaks That stood to their necks in the water. Armfuls I gathered, working there all day. With the green scum closing round my waist, The little frogs about my legs, And jelly-trails of frog-spawn round the stems. Once I saw a snake, drowsing on a stone, Letting his coils trail into the water. I expect he was glad of rain too After nine moinths of being dry as bark. I don t know why I picked those lilies, Piling them on the grass in heaps, For after an hour they blackened, stank. When I left at dark, Red and sore and stupid from the heat, Happy as if I d built a town, All over the grass were rank Soft, decaying heaps of lilies And the flies over them like black flies on meat... - Doris Lessing, Going Home 7

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