Forget-Me-Not Card Company

“The Forget-Me-Not”

by Ethel Ridley

It's said that ages, long ago, when God had formed the earth and heaven, He called the flowers one by one, until to all sweet names He'd given: To one, pure Lily, another Rose, another Violet, or Daisy fair, As each bright flower before Him passed, to wear anew its Father's care. But oh! One day a tiny flower, with pale blue eyes and a little tear, came back to Him and said, "Dear Lord, I've quite forgotten my name, I fear." Then looking down upon the flower, which trembling stood, with bent head, Without reproof or look unkind, "Forget-Me-Not," he gently said.