Hail to
the happy hour! when fancy led
My pensive
mind this flow’ry path to tread;
And gave
me emulation to presume
With timid
art to trace fair Nature’s bloom:
To view
with awe the great Creative power
That shines
confess’d in the minutest flower;
With wonder
to pursue the glorious line,
And gratefully
adore the Hand Divine!
Mrs Mary Delany
