THE FLOWER PRINCESS
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By Abbie Farwell Brown
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THE FLOWER PRINCESS
LET HIM PROVE IT]
THE FLOWER PRINCESS
by
ABBIE FARWELL BROWN
Boston and New YorkHoughton Mifflin and Company
The Riverside Press Cambridge1904
Copyright 1904 by Abbie Farwell BrownAll Rights Reserved
Published September, 1904
_Oh, give me for a little space To see with childlike eyes This curious world, our dwelling-place Of wonder and surprise. . . ._
_The long, long road from Day to Night Winds on through constant change, Whereon one hazards with delight Adventures new and strange;_
_The wonders of the earth and sky! The magic of the sea! The mysteries of beast and fly, Of bird and flower and tree!_
_One feels the breath of holy things Unseen along the road, The whispering of angel wings, The neighboring of Good._
_And Beauty must be good and true, One battles for her sake; But Wickedness is foul to view, So one cannot mistake. . . ._
_Ah, give me with the childlike sight The simple tongue and clear Wherewith to read the vision right Unto a childish ear._
Acknowledgments are due the publishers of _The Churchman_ for permission to reprint "The Flower Princess" and "The Little Friend;" also to the _Brown Book_ of Boston for permission to use "The Ten Blowers," which first appeared in that magazine.
CONTENTS
THE FLOWER PRINCESS 1
THE LITTLE FRIEND 45
THE MERMAID'S CHILD 67
THE TEN BLOWERS 103
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
LET HIM PROVE IT (page 31) _Frontispiece_
THE PRINCESS FLEURETTE 10
UNTIL SHE CLAPPED HER HANDS FOR JOY 18
UNTIL HELP COMES 56
YOU WILL BRING HIM BACK TO ME? 86
ONE MORE BLOW FOR OUR KING 124