FUCHSIA. 



CContinued.) 



This is the truth: his spirit wholly turn'd 

 To stern ambition's dream, to that fierce strife 

 Which leads to life's high places, and reck'd not 

 What lovely flowers might perish in his path. L. E. L. 



GERANIUM, Apple. 



Pelargonium pomifragrans. 



Present preference. Emma with smiles receives his present flame ; 

 But, smiling, will she ever be the same ? 



Beautiful looks are rul'd by fickle minds ; 



And summer seas are turn'd by sudden winds. 

 Another love may gain her easy youth : 

 Time changes thoughts, and flattery conquers truth. 



Prior. 



I know not what my future thoughts will be : 

 Poor woman's thoughts are all extempore. 



Wise men, indeed, 



Beforehand a long chain of thoughts produce ; 

 But ours are only for our present use. . . Dryden. 



Never should man too confident assert, 

 Much less by oath should bind himself to aught; 

 For soon our judgments change, and one opinion 

 Destroys another Sophocles' 1 Antigone. 



GERANIUM. 

 Crane's Bill. 

 Geranium maculatum. 



Envy. 



With fame, in just proportion, envy grows ; 



The man that makes a character, makes foes. Young. 



Great and good persons well may be 



From guilt, but not from envy free. . . . Barron. 



Few have the fortitude of soul to honour 

 A friend's success, without a touch of envy. 



JEschylus' 1 Agamemnon. 



Base envy withers at another's joy, 



And hates that excellence it cannot reach. Thomson. 



Envy doth invade 



Works breathing to eternity ; and cast 

 Upon the fairest piece the greatest shade. . . Aleyn. 



Envy will merit as its shade pursue ; 



But like a shadow, proves the substance true. Pope. 



The great should have the fame of happiness, 

 The consolation of a little envy ; 

 'Tis all their pay for those superior cares, 

 Those pangs of heart their vassals ne'er can feel. 



Young. 



