When Nature gives a gorgeous rose,
Or yields the simplest fern,
She writes this motto on the leaves, —
"To whom it may concern!"
And so it is the poet comes
And revels in her bowers,
And, — though another hold the land,
Is owner of the flowers.


"The Poet's License". - The Masquerade and Other Poems (1866)

John Godfrey Saxe Quotes

When Nature gives a gorgeous rose, Or yields the simplest fern, She writes this motto on the leaves, — To whom it may concern! And so it is the...

When Nature gives a gorgeous rose, Or yields the simplest fern, She writes this motto on the leaves, — To whom it may concern! And so it is the...

When Nature gives a gorgeous rose, Or yields the simplest fern, She writes this motto on the leaves, — To whom it may concern! And so it is the...

When Nature gives a gorgeous rose, Or yields the simplest fern, She writes this motto on the leaves, — To whom it may concern! And so it is the...