HI* 



CANTERBURY BELL. 

 Campanula medium. 



Gratitude. And you, my dearest friend ! How shall I thank you ? 



What shall I do to show my grateful heart ? 



Sophocles' Philoctetes. 



I cannot tell thee what I feel, for words 

 Have not the power to shadow forth the soul's 

 Deep and intense affections ; but my heart, 

 My life, already thine, again I give thee 



Poor evidence of my sumless gratitude. . S. P. C. 



I have a grateful soul, would give you thanks, 



And knows not how to do it, but with tears. . Shaks. 



Take his thanks, that yet hath nothing else 



If fortune serve me, I '11 requite this kindness. same. 



The debt immense of endless gratitude ! 



Milton. 



CAPE JASMINE. 



Gardenia florida. 



Transport. Ecstasy. She bids me hope ! and in that charming word, 



Has peace and transport to my soul restored. Lyttleto7i. 



Tune your harps, 



Ye angels, to that sound ; and thou, my heart, 

 Make room to entertain thy flowing joy. 

 Hence all my griefs, and every anxious care ; 

 One word and one kind glance can cure despair. Dryden. 



What shall I answer thee ? My ravish'd heart 

 O'erflows with secret joy. 



I 'm blind with too much light : 

 O'ercome with wonder, and oppress'd with joy. 

 This vast profusion of extreme delight, 

 Rising at once, and bursting from despair, 

 Defies the aid of words, and mocks description. Lillo. 



My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up. . Shaks. 



For joy like this, death were a cheap exchange ! 



jEschylus' 1 Agamemnon. 



CARDINAL'S FLOWER. 

 Lobelia cardinalis. 



Distinction. Dost grasp at greatness ? first know what it is : 



Think'st thou that greatness in distinction lies ? 

 Not in the feather, wave it e'er so high, 

 Is glory lodg'd : 'tis lodg'd in the reverse ; 



A deathless soul Young. 



'Tis the mind that makes the body rich : 



And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, 



So honour peereth in the meanest habit. . . . Shaks. 



