160 FLORA'S LEXICON, 



INE APPLE. Bromelia Ananas. Class 6, 

 Hexandria. Order: Monogynia. The 



fruit of the pine apple, surrounded by its 

 beautiful leaves, and surmounted by a crown 

 in which the germ of a plant is concealed, 

 seems as though it were sculptured in massy 

 gold. It is so beautiful that it appears to 

 be made to please the eyes ; so delicious that it unites the vari- 

 ous flavours of our best fruits ; and so odoriferous that we should 

 cultivate it if it were only for its perfume. 



YOU ARE PERFECT. 



Never till now — never till now, O queen 



And wonder of the enchanted world of sound ! 



Never till now was such bright creature seen, 

 Startling to transport all the regions round ! — 



Whence comest thou — with those eyes and that fine mien, 

 Thou sweet, sweet singer 1 Like an angel found 



Mourning alone, thou seem'st (thy mates all fled), 



A star 'mongst clouds, — a spirit 'midst the dead ! 



Melodious thoughts hang round thee: — Sorrow sings 



Perpetual sweetness near, — divine despair! 

 Thou speak'st, — and music, with her thousand strings, 



Gives golden answers from the haunted air ! 

 Thou movest, — and 'round thee Grace her beauty flings ! 



Thou look'st, — and Love is born! Oh! songstress rare, 

 Lives there on earth a power like that which lies 

 In those resistless tones, — in those dark eyes? — 

 Oh, I have lived — how long ! — with one deep treasure — 



One fountain of delight unlock'd, unknown ; 

 But thou, the prophetess of my new pleasure, 



Hast come at last, and struck my heart of stone : 

 And now outgushes without stint or measure 



The endless rapture, — and in places lone 

 I shout it to the stars and winds that flee; 



And then I think on all I owe to thee! 



Cornwall. 



