60 NIGHT-SCENTEI) FLOWERS. 



flowers, belonging to various tribes as discordant as 

 possible, agreeing only in their nocturnal fragrance, 

 which is peculiar, very similar and exquisitely delicious, 

 and in the pale yellowish, greenish, or brownish tint 

 of their flowers. Among these are Alescmbrymithe- 

 mum noctiflorum, Dill. Elth. t. 206, Pelargomum 

 triste, Cornut, Canad, 110, and several species akin 

 to it, Hesperis tristis, Curt. Mag, t. 730, CheiraH' 

 thus tfistis, t. 729, 'Daphne pont lea,, Andrews s Repos. 

 t. 73 J Crassula odoratissima, t. 26, and many others*. 

 A few more, greatly resembling these in the green 



* These flowers afford the poet a new image, which is introduced 

 into the following imitation of Martial, and offered here solely for its 

 novelty : 



Go mingle Arabia's gums 



With the spices all India yields. 

 Go crop each young flower as it blooms. 



Go ransack the gardens and fields. 



Let Piestum's all-flowery groves 



Their roses profusely bestow. 

 Go catch the light zephyr that roves 



Where the wild thyme and marjoram grow. 



Let every pale night-scented flower, 



Sad emblem of passion forlorn, 

 llesign its appropriate hour, 



To enhance the rich breath of the morn. 



AW that art or that nature can find, 



Not half so delightful would prove, 

 Nor their sweets all together combined, 



Half so sweet as the breath of my love. 



