My Cat Loves

Poem four in The Poetry of Flowers, a collection of poems compiled by Rufus W. Griswold in year 1844.

Flowers: Sent Me During Illness, by Richard H. Dana, celebrates the kindness in a friend sending flowers as a well wish. The author expands on flowers being healing, bringing joy in his sick room.

The book’s full text has been archived, and can be found online.
Griswold, R. W. 1815-1857. (1844). The poetry of flowers: original and selected. Philadelphia: J. Locken.