120 FLORA'S LEXICON 



AUREL, MOUNTAIN. Rhododendron. 

 Class 10, Decandria. Order : Monogynia. 

 This beautiful tree is found in North Ame- 

 rica, Siberia, Europe, and the western part 

 of Asia. It is cultivated in the United 

 States as an ornament to gardens and 

 grounds. 



AMBITION. 



How dost thou wear and weary out thy days, 

 Restless Ambition, never at an end. 



Daniel. 



A funerale stone 

 Or verse, I covet none ; 



But only crave 

 Of you that I may have 

 A sacred laurel springing from my grave ; 



Which being seen 

 Blest with perpetual greene, 



May grow to be 

 Not so much call'd a tree, 



As the eternal monument of me. 

 Herrick. 



I have ventured, 

 Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, 

 This many summers in a sea of glory : 

 But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride 

 At length broke under me ; and now has left me, 

 Weary, and old with service, to the mercy 

 Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. 



Shakspeare. 



Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition : 

 By that sin fell the angels; how can man then, 

 The image of his Maker, hope to win by't? 



Shakspeare. 



