ALOE. 



(Continued.) 



Against the demon passion's strife, 

 The phantom fears which shadow life, 

 Virtue a better spell supply! 

 And trust in that Benignant Eye 

 Which wills not, in all earth's wide sphere, 

 One idle pang, one needless tear. . . . 



C***e. 



AMARANTH. Immortality. 



Amaranthus. 



His love was an eternal plant, whereof 

 The root was fix'd in virtue's ground. 



They sin who tell us love can die, 

 With life all other passions fly, 



All others are but vanity. 

 In heaven ambition cannot dwell, 

 Nor avarice in the vaults of hell ; 

 Earthly these passions of the earth, 

 They perish where they have their birth 



But love is indestructible. . 



Shaks. 



Anon. 



The lily's hue, the rose's dye, 

 The kindling lustre of an eye ; 

 Who but owns their magic sway ! 

 Who but knows they all decay ! 



The tender thrill, the pitying tear, 

 The generous purpose, nobly dear, 

 The gentle look, that rage disarms 

 These are all immortal charms. 



Burns. 



AMARANTH. Globe. Unchangeable. 

 Gomphrena globosa. 



Here still is the smile that no cloud can o'ercast, 

 And the heart, and the hand, all thy own to the last. 



Moore. 



For ever thine, whate'er this world betide, 



In youth, in age, thine own, forever thine. A. A. Watts. 



The very thoughts of change I hate. 



As much as of despair ; 

 Nor ever covet to be great, 



Unless it be for her 



Parnell. 



No change in love the seasons bring, 

 Love only knows perpetual spring, 



Time destroying far and wide, 



Love from the soul can ne'er divide. 

 Love will the universe control 

 When dying seasons cease to roll. . 



Unalterably firm his love entire. 



Booth. 



Milton. 



