Isaac Watts: Quotes about flowers

Isaac Watts was English hymnwriter, theologian and logician. Explore interesting quotes on flowers.
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“How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day
From every opening flower!”

Song 20: "Against Idleness and Mischief". Parodied by Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
1710s, Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)

“A flower may fade before 'tis noon,
And I this day may lose my breath.”

Song 13: "The Danger of Delay".
1710s, Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)

“Let me be dressed fine as I will,
Flies, worms, and flowers, exceed me still.”

Song 22: "Against Pride in Clothes".
1710s, Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)

“A flower, when offered in the bud,
Is no vain sacrifice.”

Song 12: "The Advantages of early Religion".
1710s, Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)