Christian Scriver, Gotthold's Emblems; or, Invisible Things Understood by Things That Are Made, trans. Robert Menzies (Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1865; copyright 1859), emblem "The Bed of Flowers," p. 73.

My God, I acknowledge all the grace, and pains, and labor which Thou hast expended on the cultivation of my poor and desert heart. I thank Thee for having traced upon it an outline of genuine godliness, and planted it wi…