56 FLORA'S LEXICON. 



HINA, or INDIAN PINK. Dianthus. Class 

 10, Decandria. Order: Digynia. This 

 gaily painted flower we have taken from the 

 fertile soil of the east to decorate our par- 

 terres. Its colours are richer than those of 

 the Sweet William, and it continues in 

 flower for a longer period ; but its flowers 

 being placed singly on branching stems, like those of the com- 

 mon pink, they never present that fine mass of colour which the 

 large umbel of the Sweet William exhibits, and they are entirely 

 deficient in that fragrance for which the pink is so much ad- 

 mired. 



AVERSION. 



They say all breathing nature has an instinct 

 Of that which would destroy it. I of thee 

 Feel that abhorrence ! If a glistering serpent 

 Hiss'd in my path, I could not shudder more, 

 Nor would I kill it sooner — so begone! 

 I '11 strike thee dead else ! 



Willis. 



Ask not which passion in my soul was higher, 

 My last aversion, or my first desire; 

 Nor this the greater was, nor that the less ; 

 Both were alike, for both were in excess. 



Dryden. 



Sooner the olive shall provoke 

 To am'rous clasps this sturdy oak, 

 And doves in league with eagles be, 

 Ere I will glance a smile on thee. 

 Sooner yon duskish mulberry 

 In her old white shall clothed be, 

 And lizards with fierce asps combine, 

 Ere I will twist my soul with thine. 



Hall. 



