A thing of such great beauty a lovely thing to see <br />The purple flowers that in Spring bloom on the magnolia tree <br />A memory to live on when other memories fade <br />Only by Mother Nature such beauty can be made <br />And Nature's natural beauty is for all to be admired <br />And by Nature and her beauty poets and artists are inspired <br />To create their own beauty for others to enjoy <br />And the poet and the artist is in every girl and boy <br />But only Mother Nature could have in her the power <br />To create a thing of beauty such as a purple magnolia flower <br />In all my days and many walks such beauty i have seen <br />Like the bluebells by my old home blooming by the pebbly bohreen <br />But nothing quite so beautiful or so 'twould seem to me <br />As the purple flowers in Springtime on the green magnolia tree.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/magnolias/
