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 I AM BUT A PETAL

I am but a petal
Of the morning rose.
I see the morning sky.
For me the morning sun glows,
    In me God's Hope-Light grows,
        With me Infinity's Beauty-Smile flows.[42]

AN IOTA OF GRATITUDE

The seeker's offering
Of an iota of gratitude to God
Is as beautiful as a rose
Held by God in His own Hand.[43]

Other flowers that appear in the poems are the sprays of white jasmine (symbols of purity), the red hibiscus (which is identified with the rising sun) and the lily (which hides its secret beauty in the moonlight, to be seen by God's Eye alone):

By whose touch the lily smiles
And opens its beauty-bud?
Whose beauty's moonlight
Do I see in the lily?
Who is the Eye of my eye?
Who is the Heart of my heart?
Alas, why do I not see Him,
His Face of transcendental Beauty,
Even in my dreams?[44]