214 DIAL OF FLOWERSL 



Till the bright Day-star to the west 

 Declines, in Ocean's surge to lave; 



Then, folded in her modest vest, 

 She slunnbers on the rocking wave. 



See Hieracium's various tribe 



Of plumy seed and radiate flowers: — 



The course of Time their blooms describe. 

 And wake or sleep appointed hours. 



Broad o'er its imbricated cup 



The Goatsbeard spreads its golden rays, 

 But shuts its cautious petals up, 



Retreating from the noontide blaze. 



Pale as a pensive cloister'd nun. 

 The Bethlem Star her face unveils, 



When o'er the mountain peers the Sun, 

 But shades it from the vesper gales. 



Among the loose and arid sands 

 The humble Arenaria creeps ; 



Slowly the Purple Star expands. 

 But soon within its calyx sleeps. 



And those small bells so lightly ray'd 

 With young Aurora's rosy hue, 



Are to the noontide Sun display'd. 



But shut Iheir plaits against the dew. • 



