86 BOTANY 



Averse from evening's chilling breeze, 

 How many close their silken leaves 



To save the embryo flowers ; 

 As if ambitious of a name, 

 They sought to spread around their liime, 

 And bade the infant buds proclaim 



The parent's boasted powers. 



LI. 



Where'er we search, tlie scene presents 

 Wonders to chann the admiring sense. 



The mind to raise, refine ; 

 Nor even blooms a single spray. 

 That quivers in departing day, 

 Or turns to meet the morning ray, 



But speaks a power divine 



