Here you will find thePoemThe Sunflowerof poet James Montgomery
Eagle of flowers! I see thee stand, And on the sun's noon-glory gaze: With eye like his thy lids expand, And fringe their disk with golden rays; Though fix'd on earth, in darkness rooted there, Light is thine element, thy dwelling air, Thy prospect heaven. So would mine eagle-soul descry, Beyond the path where planets run, The light of immortality, The splendour of creation's sun; Though sprung from earth, and hast'ning to the tomb In hope a flower of paradise to bloom, I took to heaven.
