A VOW-DAY FLOWER
(POVERTY, CHASTITY, OBEDIENCE)
Three little leaves like shamrock, And the trefoil's love-lit eyes, Whether it takes the sunshine Or the shadows from the skies.
And richer than rose or lily Is the flower he wears today, With triune bloom and fragrance >From earth to heaven alway.
Poverty is the low leaf, And one is chastely white, And the red love of obedience Goes up to God a light.
Grow, good flower, and keep him Who wears your bloom today, Shadow and sunshine bless him, And the trefoil's heavenward way.
