With daffodils mad footnotes for the spring,
And asters purple asterisks for autumn
- Conrad Aiken
The nature of This flower is to bloom.
- Alice Walker
To me, the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
- William Wordsworth
In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-washed palings,
Stands the lilac-bush tall-growing with heart-shaped leaves of rich green,
with many a pointed blossom rising delicate, with the perfume strong I love,
With every leaf a miracle - and from this bush in the dooryard,
With delicate-color'd blossoms and heart-shaped leaves of rich green,
A sprig with its flower I break.
- Walt Whitman