My Garden Gladiolus

This morning when the earth was still wet I walked around our yard and garden and noticed the Gladiolus had begun to bloom. I love the Gladiolus.

To the ancient Romans, a gladius was a sword, and a little sword was a gladiolus -- often used by gladiators. The Roman author Pliny the Elder applied the word gladiolus to the flower that is distinguished by its long, sword-shaped leaves, and the name stuck. The theme of the Emily Dickinson text below is strength of character: 

We never know how high we are

Till we are called to rise;

And then, if we are true to plan,

Our statures touch the skies.

The heroism we recite

Would be a daily thing,

Did not ourselves the cubits warp

For fear to be king.

What flowers do you love?

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