172 FLORA'S LEXICON. 



ED BAY. Lauras Carolinensis. Class 9, 

 Ennendria. Order: Monootnia. The 



Red Bay grows in the southern swamps, 

 beyond lat. 37°, and attains the height of 60 

 or 70 feet, with the trunk 15 or 20 inches 

 in diameter. The leaves resemble those 

 of the Mediterranean species, and like them, 

 may be employed in cookery. The wood is of a beautiful rose- 

 colour, is strong, fine-grained, and acquires a brilliant polish. 

 Before the introduction of mahogany, it was commonly employed 

 in the southern states, and afforded highly beautiful articles of 

 furniture. When of sufficient size, it is employed in ship-building, 

 and exported for the purpose to New-York and Philadelphia. 



LOVE'S MEMORY. 



Oh, thou, who art the fairest of earth's daughters, 



Delighted could I sit a summer's day, 



To drink the music of thy lips away, 

 Gushing their careless melody as waters, 



And while I gazed upon thy full blue eyes, 

 Still listening to thy passion-kindling songs, 



Deem myself happiest of thy votaries. 

 Thus while the morning lark his notes prolongs, 



Lists the rapt bard, and bending to the skies, 

 Sends up the incense of a grateful heart, 



For such a gleam of heavenly ecstacies. 

 Oh, beautiful in feature, — as thou art 



More beautiful in mind, — my thoughts of thee 



Shall live in Love's undying memory! 



Dawes. 



We will revive those times, and in our memories 

 Preserve, and still keep fresh, like flowers in water, 

 Those happier days ; when at our eyes our souls 

 Kindled their mutual fires, their equal beams 

 Shot and return'd, till, link'd and twined in one, 

 They chain'd our hearts together. 



Denham. 



