AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 
LEGEND OF THE FORGET-ME-NOT. 
Myosotis Palustris. 
Side by side two hearts are beating, 
Looks of fondest Love are meeting, 
He the Maiden’s joy, 
And she her Lover’s pride, 
While tenderest words their lips employ, 
Soft-spoken, whispered, sighed ! 
O’er them skies are brightly gleaming, 
And below are waters streaming, 
With a gurgling noise, 
Mid many islands green, 
Then wandering on amid the joys 
Of glowing summer scene. 
‘“‘ Seest thou yonder willow leaning 
O’er the water’s brink, and screening 
From the plashing wave, 
Breaking the current’s force, 
A blue-eyed Flower, whose stem doth lave 
In the cool water-course ?” 
“On thy breast it shall be shining 
Soon,” her chosen said, divining, 
By the power of Love, 
Her yet unspoken thought ; 
Then swift essays the stream to prove, 
And plucks the flower he sought. 
