Tuesday, April 14, 2026

THE MORNING GLORY


THE FLOWER LANGUAGE


 CONVOLVULUS- Dead hope 

THE MORNING GLORY 

O maid! 
I pray thee light 
Both noon and night; 
The envious dawn 
Thou lookest on 
Is too soon gone; 
Then stay 
The day, 
I pray! 

By Margaret Deland, from "John Ward, Preacher" 

References:
1.Fortune Telling BY MADAME XANTO
2.Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden Described and Illustrated by F Schuyler Mathews Author of Familiar Trees Etc
New Edition With Orthochromatic Photographs from Nature by LW Brownell and over Two Hundred Drawings by the Author and a Systematical Index and Floral Calendar 
NEW YORK AND LONDON D APPLETON AND COMPANY 1915