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FLORA'S LEXICON. 



CARLET IPOMCEA, or INDIAN JAS- 

 MINE. Ipomcea Coccinca. Class 5, Pent- 

 andria. Order : Monogynia. This beau- 

 tiful twining plant is a species of bindweed, 

 or something analogous ; like the convolvu- 

 lus, it requires something to support its 

 light tendrils ; and, without fatiguing that 

 support, wreaths it with verdure and flowers. 



I ATTACH MYSELF TO YOU. 



Oh! let me only breathe the air, 



The blessed air that 's breathed by thee ; 

 And whether on its wings it bear 



Healing or death, 't is sweet to me ! 

 There, — drink my tears, while yet they fall — 



Would that my bosom's blood were balm, 

 And, — well thou knowest, — I'd shed it all 



To give thy brow one minute's calm. 

 Nay, turn not from me that dear face — 



Am I not thine — thy own loved bride — 

 The one, the chosen one, whose place 



In life or death is by thy side? 

 Think'st thou that she, whose only light, 



In this dim world, from thee hath shone, 

 Could bear the long, the cheerless night, 



That must be hers when thou art gone 1 

 That I can live and let thee go, 

 Who art my life itself? — No, no, — 

 When the stem dies, the leaf that grew 

 Out of its heart must perish too ! 

 Then turn to me, my own love, turn, 

 Before, like thee, I fade and burn ; 

 Cling to these yet cool lips and share 

 The last pure life that lingers there ! 



Moore. 



