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FLORA'S LEXICON. 



OTHERWORT. Leonurus. Class 14, Di- 

 dynamia. Order: Gymnospermia. The 



clandestina grows at the foot of large trees, 

 in moist and umbrageous places. Its pretty 

 purple flowers are nearly always hidden 

 under moss or dry leaves : hence the pro- 

 priety of the sentiment. 



CONCEALED LOVE. 



The secret by her tongue conceal'd, 



Her fading charms declare, 

 And what by words is unreveal'd, 



Is better written there; 

 The silent tale by sorrow traced, 

 Of ' young affections run to waste.' 



The radiance of her downcast eye 



Is shadow'd by a tear, 

 Faint as the light of evening's sky, 



That tells the night is near; — 

 The long, the moonless night of uest,- 



When life is waning in its west. 



And seems her cheek, whose bloom is fled 



(So beautiful and brief), 

 As if the white rose there had shed 



Its frail and fallen leaf; 

 Which summer's genial sun and rain 

 Shall never wake to life again. 



But she is hastening to the bowers 

 That bloom in happier spheres; 



Where fond affection's fadeless flowers 

 Shall not be nurst by tears; 



Where love's pure flame shall ne'er expire, 



Nor kill the heart that feeds its fire. 



Anon. 



