Summer Flowers

Behold the flowers of June! how fair
And bright their buds appear,
As, opening to the summer air,
Our eyes and hearts they cheer!

Who would have thought there could abound
Such beauty and delight
Beneath the cold and wintry ground
That hid those flowers from sight?

That power which made and governs all—
The mighty power of God—
Alone could life and beauty call
Out of the lifeless sod.

And He, who from the Winter’s gloom
Can Summer thus disclose,
Shall one day make the desert bloom,
And blossom as the rose.

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