#December 12, 1907
#OTD James Rigg, #Scottish #Victorian #Poet, #HymnWriter, & #Composer, died.

His book on #WildFlowers begins,

From #Boyhood, I have been #InLove with #Wildlings.
I rank them among my #Teachers & #Preachers.

If [my #Poems] lead one here + there with a #Lighter #Heart,
To gather imperishable #Treasures
From #Lovely #Blossoms that #Kiss #Clear #Brooks & #Mountain Wells -
I shall have done my #Little to check
The #Nature-#Forgetting #Tendencies of #CityLife.

#Flower