208 SORROWFUL GERANIUM. 



a cutting, from whence sprang the parent tree of many 

 of the finest and most admired specimens. 



My gentle harp ! once more I waken 

 The sweetness of thy slumbering strain ; 



In tears our last farewell was taken, 

 And now in tears we meet again. 



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No light of joy hath o'er thee broken, 



But — like those harps, whose heav'nly skill 



Of slavery, dark as thine, hath spoken — 

 Thou hang'st upon the willows still. 



ANON. 



Thus o'er our streams do eastern willows lean 

 In pensive guise; whose grief-inspiring shade, 

 Love has to melancholy sacred made. 



DELILLE. 



THE SORROWFUL GERANIUM. 



This charming geranium, like a melancholy spirit, shuns 

 the light of day ; but it enchants those who cultivate it by 

 the delightful perfumes it exhales. Its appearance is som- 

 bre, though unaffected ; and, altogether, it forms a striking 

 contrast to the scarlet geranium, which is the emblem of 

 stupidity. 



