The Thought
July 6, 2023The Dream of a Girl Who Lived at Seven-Oaks
July 6, 2023The Flowers
When Love arose in heart and deed
To wake the world to greater joy,
‘What can she give me now?’ said Greed,
Who thought to win some costly toy.
He rose, he ran, he stoop’d, he clutch’d;
And soon the Flowers, that Love let fall,
In Greed’s hot grasp were fray’d and smutch’d,
And Greed said, ‘Flowers! Can this be all?’
He flung them down and went his way,
He cared no jot for thyme or rose;
But boys and girls came out to play,
And some took these and some took those—
Red, blue, and white, and green and gold;
And at their touch the dew return’d,
And all the bloom a thousandfold—
So red, so ripe, the roses burn’d!
William Brighty Rands
William Brighty Rands (1823-1882) was an English poet who is best known for his children's poetry. His most famous works include "The Discontented Pendulum" and "The Song of the Seven." Rands was also a journalist and editor, and he was a regular contributor to many of the leading literary magazines of the Victorian era.