by
Albert Laighton (1829 - 1887)
Flowers
Language: English
They are autographs of angels, penned
In Nature's green-leaved book, in blended tints,
Borrowed from rainbows and the sunset skies,
And written everywhere - on plain and hill,
In lonely dells, 'mid crowded haunts of men;
On the broad prairies, where no eye save God's
May read their silent, sacred mysteries.
Thank God for flowers! they gladden human hearts;
Seraphic breathings part their fragrant lips
With whisperings of Heaven.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bertram Kottmann , "Blumen", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
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Blumen
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English
Engelschrift im grün belaubten Buche der Natur,
leuchten sie in allen Farben, allen Tönen,
regenbogengleich und wie der Abendhimmel Flur,
überall, auf Bergen und in Eb'nen,
abgeschied'nen Tälern und im Menschenstrom der Stadt,
fern, auf endlos weitem Land, wo kein Auge, nur ein Gott,
je ihr stilles, heiliges Mysterium erschauet hat.
Sagt Ihm Dank - denn sie erfreuen unser Herz.
Engelsodem öffnen sie die duft'gen Lippen,
lauschen einem Flüstern himmelwärts.
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This text was added to the website: 2012-08-23
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Word count: 70